ABSTRACT
II. The OF-F name corresp to ONF Willa(u)me is Guillaume, which has dim Guillemot, whence, by personification, the EF-F bird guillemot, adopted byE.
12. Akin to OE willa, strong wish (cf para 7), is ON IIal, a choice, whence ME wale, whence walen, E wale and 'to wale', both obs except in dial; with ON val, cf the syn OHG wale, MHG wal, G Wahl.
