Wĕl'a-wāy, interj.
[A-S. wâ lâ, wâlâ, wâ, lâ, wâ, wâlawâ, wi-lâ-wei, oh! O if! well-a-day, alas, from wâ, woe, and lâ, O, oh, lo, behold. Cf. WELLADAY.] Alas! [Obs.] Spenser.
[A-S. wâ lâ, wâlâ, wâ, lâ, wâ, wâlawâ, wi-lâ-wei, oh! O if! well-a-day, alas, from wâ, woe, and lâ, O, oh, lo, behold. Cf. WELLADAY.] Alas! [Obs.] Spenser.