† wellawo, int. and n. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 wá lá wá, 3–4 walawa (4 walwa, walaiwa). β. 3 wala-, 4 walewo; 3 wola-, 4 wole-, 5 wolowo. γ. 3, 5 welawo, 5 wellawoo; 4–5 welleawoy, wellowoy. δ. 4 weilawo, 4–5 weylawo (5 weyle a woo).
[OE. wá lá wá, f. wá woe n. and lá lo int.1; cf. wale int. In the γ-forms the first element has been assimilated to wel well adv. (cf. OE. wel lá wella), and in the δ-forms to ME. wey- in weylawey: see wellaway.]
1. int. = wellaway A.
| α c 888 ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §1 Walawa þæt ða unᵹesæliᵹan menn na maᵹon ᵹebidon hwonne he him to cume. c 900 Bæda's Hist. ii. i. (1890) 96 Wala wa: þæt is sarlic, þætte [etc.]. a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1086, Wala wa, þæt æniᵹ man sceolde modiᵹan swa. c 1205 Lay. 19632 Wa la wa [c 1275 Wo la wo] Þat hit sculde iwurðen swa. a 1300 Cursor M. 15367 Ful walwa! þan mai he sing. c 1300 Ibid. 15279 (Gött.) He mai sai walawa his werd þat forwid him es laid. |
| β a 1225 Ancr. R. 88 Weilawei & wolawo, heo seið. a 1250 Owl & N. 412 Þu singest a wynter wolawo. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 742 (Kölbing) Wolewo, mi swete maide. c 1400 Pride of Life 327 (Brandl) Ȝe world is nou, so wo lo wo, in suc bal i bound. |
| γ, δ 13.. Minor Poems of Vernon MS. xxxvii. 225 Weilawei & weilawo, þat synne was I-wrouȝt! c 1400 Arth. & Merl. 120 (Linc. Inn) Syngand allas and weylawo. c 1425 Processional Nuns Chester (1899) 31 Thy white body was blacke and bloo. Oure synnes it made so weyle A woo. c 1500 Gest of Robyn Hode st. 438 in Child Ballads (1888) III. 77 Alas and well a woo! |
2. n. = wellaway B. 2.
| c 1275 Lay. 26769 Welawo was ȝam ibore Þat in hire wey were bivore. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 142 (Kölbing) To Winchester þai flowen þo Wiþ mani siȝhing & walewo. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 235 He hath a greuous penaunce, þat is welawo whan he waketh. |