wellaway interjection & noun.
[wɛlǝ'weɪ] arch.[Old English weġ lā weġ, wei lā wei, alt. of wā lā wā after Scandinavian: see WOE, LO interjection1. Cf. WELLADAY, WELLANEAR.]A. interjection. Expr. grief or lamentation: alas!
OE.b. noun.
1. An utterance of 'wellaway'; (a) lamentation.
ME.2. Grief, misery, woe.
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