wellaway
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of wellaway
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!
Example Sentences
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Ay, with hearts fixed on death and hopeless hands We stand about our banner while it stands Above but one field of the ruined lands; Cry wellaway, but well befall the right.
From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Fire and wild light of hope and doubt and fear, Wind of swift change, and clouds and hours that veer As the storm shifts of the tempestuous year; Cry wellaway, but well befall the right.
From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Ah!" cried the prince impassion'd, "Harrow and wellaway!
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Ask them what they ail, or who brought them in this stay, They answer not at all, but "alack!" and "wellaway!"
From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of
Ah wellaway, most noble lords, how can wellaway > alas!
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund
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