well-away
əˈweɪ interjection Archaic.
(used to express sorrow.)
Origin:
before 900; Middle English we(i)lawei, Old English weilāwei (wei < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse vei woe), replacing Old English wā lā wā woe! lo! woe!
before 900; Middle English we(i)lawei, Old English weilāwei (wei < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse vei woe), replacing Old English wā lā wā woe! lo! woe!
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| —interj | |
| archaic woe! alas! | |
| [Old English, from wei lā wei, variant of wā lā wā, literally: woe! lo woe] | |
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wellaway
mid-13c., alteration (by influence of Scandinavian forms) of O.E. wa la wa, lit. "woe, lo, woe!" from wa "woe" (see woe).
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