wellaway

(wel′ə wā′)

interjection

Archaic alas: an exclamation of sorrow, regret, etc.

Origin: ME wei la wei, lit., woe! lo! woe!: wei < ON vei, woe + OE la, lo

See wellaway in American Heritage Dictionary 4

interjection

Used to express woe or distress.

noun pl. well·a·ways

A lamentation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , alteration (influenced by well, well and awai, away)

Origin: of Old English weilāwei

Origin: , alteration (influenced by Old Scandinavian *wei, woe)

Origin: of wā lā wā

Origin: : wā, woe; see woe

Origin: + lā, lo; see lo

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