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whannow
† whannow, int. Obs. Also wannowe. [? f. what + now. Cf. whau, which is similarly used.] What! I say! Come, come!c 1450 Northern Passion (MS. Addit.) 147/59* ‘Wannowe’, sayde kayme, ‘her es Envy; My smoke gose down and thyne gose hye.’ c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxviii. 184 Thomas. Whannow, peter! art th... Oxford English Dictionary
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whau
▪ I. whau, int. north. dial. Also wha, whaugh. [A natural exclamation; perh. also contained in whannow.] Well! Why! Also = waugh a.1589 ‘Marprelate’ Hay any Work 30 Whau, whau, but where haue I bin al this while. 1684 Meriton Yorksh. Dial. Gloss., Whaugh, a word of Admiration, as God bless us, etc. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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