ABSTRACT
From the Old Danish willi or williæ or wilia, Old Norse vili or vilja. The lexical meaning of the Danish term is the capacity or trait of being able to make choices, or to arrive at and stick to a decision, or purpose, which might manifest itself in behavior. Qualified, it names a capacity or trait or state or activity of the soul. It can also just mean predisposition, need, wish, self-assertion, stubbornness, demand, or command.1
