/wil"yeuhrd/ , adj. Scot. and North Eng.
obstinate; willful.
Also, willyart /wil"yeuhrt/ .
[ 1580-90; (earlier) wild, awkward, bewildered, deriv. of Scots, dial. will gone astray, perplexed (ME villr ), perh. with -ARD, though formation is unclear; later influenced by WILL 2 and WAYWARD ]