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welaway

welaway is the obsolete form of wellaway.

Meaning of wellaway

Interjection

  1. (archaic, literary) Expression of sadness, regret, remorse, etc., alas, "woe"!
    • Crying with pitteous voice, and count'nance wan; / Ah well away, most noble Lords, how can / Your cruell eyes endure so pitteous sight [...]?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about welaway

What is welaway the obsolete form of?
Welaway is the obsolete form of wellaway.

Words near welaway in the dictionary

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  4. welan
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  6. welaway
  7. Welayta
  8. Welbeck
  9. Welbike
  10. Welbikes
  11. Welborn

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