† wosith Obs.
Also 3 wasið, [wei-sið].
[f. woe n. + sithe n.1]
Trouble, affliction.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 209 Ȝif he seð his emcristene þolien wosið. [c 1205 Lay. 25846 Þa fond he þer ane quene..weop for hire wei-sið.] c 1230 Hali Meid. (Titus) 51 Alle þe alde wiues schome craft, þat cunnen of þat wasið. Ibid. 53 Lutel wat meiden..of hire wasiðes of þat fode fostringe. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15712 Manie oþere sore hit ment,..Þat wyth hym byde many wo sith. |