walyint.
/ˈwali/, /ˈweɪli/, /ˈwɔːli/, U.S. /ˈwæli/, /ˈweɪli/, /ˈwɔli/, /ˈwɑli/, Scottish English /ˈwalɪ/, /ˈwelɪ/, /ˈwɔlɪ/ Scottish and northern.
An exclamation of sorrow.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [interjection] > specific cry of grief
woeeOE
wellawayeOE
weilac1000
wellawayOE
wellaOE
woe is meOE
wummec1175
wia1200
outa1225
alas?c1225
walec1275
ac1300
whilec1402
ochonea1425
wellesay?1440
wannowec1450
helas1484
ah1509
ocha1522
ah me!a1547
wougha1556
eh1569
welladay1570
how1575
wellanear1581
ay me!1591
lasa1593
wella, welladay1601
good lack!1638
oime1660
pillaloo1663
wellanearing1683
lack-a-day1695
wasteheart1695
walya1724
lackadaisy1748
ochree1748
waesucks1773
well-a-winsa1774
ullagone1819
wirra1825
mavrone1827
wirrasthru1827
ototoi1877
wurra1898
a1724 ‘O waly, waly’ in Ramsay's Tea-t. Misc. (1775) I. 186 O waly, waly up the bank, And waly, waly down the brae.
1883 Gateshead Alm. (E.D.D.) Wally! Wally! it's a' ower noo!
1894 J. W. M'Laren Tibbie & Tam 41 (E.D.D.) But walie! the sight gar'd even puir Baudrons..jump nearly four feet wi' fricht.
Derivatives
waly-walying n. lamentation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > wailing
reameOE
woningc950
reminga1200
wailinga1400
bewailing1485
howling1490
yammer?a1513
wailc1540
wailment1593
bewailment1607
ejulationa1620
alleleu1689
yammering1705
ululation?1799
waly-walying1821
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xvii. 161 Such a wally wallying as the news of this caused at every door.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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