Word of the Day
for Wednesday,
January 30, 2013
Wellaway \WEL-uh-WEY\, interjection:
(Used to express sorrow.)
She entered under the
dome weeping and wailing, “Wellaway!"
-- edited by Leonard Charles Smither, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
-- edited by Leonard Charles Smither, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
"Wellaway.
My little son so dear!" So sad he was that no one could cheer up at all…
-- Marijane Osborn, Romancing the Goddess
-- Marijane Osborn, Romancing the Goddess
Wellaway is related to the contemporary word woe. It came from the Old
English phrase wā
lā wā meaning "woe! lo! woe!"
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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