Willnae

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A Scots dialect contraction meaning will not, used in Scotland and northern England in place of the standard negative form
2. The Scottish form of will not, used to say that someone refuses to do something or that something is not going to happen
3. A northern British dialect form meaning will not, commonly heard in Scots speech and writing

Etymology: "Willnae" is a Scots contraction of "will" and "nae," the Scots form of "not." Scots "nae" descends from the same Old English root as "no" and "not," so the word is essentially "will not" written in the Scots manner, with the "-nae" ending doing the work that "-n't" does in standard English. Its use is typical of Scots speech and writing, where "wouldnae," "cannae," "didnae" and "shouldnae" follow the same pattern.