Middle English Dictionary Entry
unwillī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unwillī adj. |
| Etymology | From willī adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Unwilling, reluctant.
Associated quotations
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)139 : He that takith gouernaunce of a ship in greet tempest to a man vnmyghti or vnkunnynge othir vnwilli to gouerne it duli, is gilti of al the ship.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)314 : Lothe, or vnwylly: Involuntarius, inspontaneus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)140a : Vn Wylly: Coactus…Inuitus.