welladayint.n.

Brit.

/ˈwɛlədeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwɛləˌdeɪ/

Forms:

α. 1500s waladay, 1500s wel aday, 1500s wellada, 1500s well a daye, 1500s (1800s English regional (Lancashire)) walladay, 1500s–1600s wel-aday, 1500s–1600s welladaie, 1500s–1800s weladay, 1500s– well-a-day, 1500s– welladay, 1600s wel-adaie, 1600s wela-day, 1600s welady, 1600s wele aday, 1600s weleaday, 1600s wella day, 1600s welladaye, 1600s welliday, 1600s welody, 1600s 1800s well a-day, 1600s–1800s well a day, 1700s wel-a-day, 1800s walla-day (English regional (Lancashire)); also Scottish pre-1700 wallod ay, pre-1700 1700s–1800s walladay, 1700s wail-a-day, 1700s wal-a-day, 1700s–1800s waladay, 1800s weel-a-day, 1800s– wally-dye.

β. 1500s weraday, 1500s wereaday, 1800s– werraday (English regional (Yorkshire and Derbyshire)), 1900s– werriday (English regional (Nottinghamshire)).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: wellaway int.

Etymology: Alteration of wellaway int. with substitution of day n. for the ending, after e.g. alack the day at alack int. 2; compare e.g. woe worth the day at worth v.¹ Phrases 2a(a), and also lack-a-day int.

A. int.

1. As an exclamation of sorrow or lamentation: ‘alas!’ Also preceded by ah or O. Now archaic and regional.Occasionally followed by a noun, with the sense ‘alas for——’, or a clause, with the sense ‘alas that’.

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

1570 W. Elderton Newe Well a Daye (single sheet) Well a daye, well a daye, well a daye, woe is me.

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I4 Ah (waladay) there is no end of paine.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 37 A weraday [1623 welady], hees dead, hees dead.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 42 Oh wereaday [1623 weladay] that euer I was borne.

1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum xxxix. sig. B7^v But walladay, he was not there aware, of Cupids shaft.

1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. E1 A welliday for my Cowe.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. N3 Alack and welladay!

1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiii. 105 Then quire of Boys and Ladies sighing Welody, With Hymns and Pæans making dolefull Melody.

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 284 Alack and a welladay.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 161 Well-a-day, the title page was lost.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 14 Ah wel-a-day! [1805 well-a-day! 1817 well a-day!] what evil looks Had I from old and young.

1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 226 Well a day! Well a day! All he can say Is but just so much trouble and time thrown away.

1851 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales I. viii. 154 But, welladay, we hear a shrill voice of affliction.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Werraday, welladay.

1931 O. Nash Let. 8 Jan. in Loving Lett. (1990) 143 When I die sentimental tourists will weep over my grave and many hot dogs will be sold around it. Ah welladay. Don't you like the way I mingle humor and pathos?

1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor iii. xxi. 779 Welladay! Then this much, at least, sir: we'll have no profit in our bargain if John Coode murthers us.

1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. vii. 286 ‘Welladay, welladay’, Pa said as he lowered himself onto the bench.

†2. In wella, welladay; cf. wella int. Obsolete.

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

1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. D2^v Wella, wella day, wella, wella day: Thus cast yee flowers and sing, And on to Wakefield take your way.

1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 92 The precious clay, Which in the tomb, with tears, I laid, Wella welladay!

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 89 And as she mutter'd ‘Well-a—well-a-day!’

1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus v. i, in Father's Trag. 203 Well-a—well-a-day! We'll to the show and you shall lead me on, Unfold me how the players gib and mince.

†B. n.

The utterance of this exclamation; lamentation; (also) a lament. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > (an utterance of) specific cry

wellaway?c1225

harmesaya1487

ay me!a1547

welladay1582

heigh-hoc1604

ochone1654

wirrasthru1852

1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lxxxii. sig. L^v At last, though late, farewell olde wellada.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xvi. 57 Their ioyfull song was turn'd to mournfull cries, And all their gladnesse chang'd to welladaies.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xviii. 43 His daughters woe and heauie welladay .

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 26 Th' inamour'd youth, whose flaming brest Makes Goddesses and Angels all..At his fruition flings away His Cloris and his Welladay And gladly joynes to fill our Quire.

1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy II. 291 Her ears were alternately assailed by the peccavis of penitence and the well-a-days of love.

1855 Student & Family Misc. July 104 Birds in the leaves are the voice of the wood, Uttering their melodies, jollities, or welladays.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	welladay
释义	† welladayv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: welladay int. Etymology: < welladay int. Obsolete. intransitive. To cry ‘welladay’.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1835 J. Clare Rural Muse 153 The swains are sighing all, and well-a-daying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2019). welladayint.n. Brit. /ˈwɛlədeɪ/, U.S. /ˈwɛləˌdeɪ/ Forms: α. 1500s waladay, 1500s wel aday, 1500s wellada, 1500s well a daye, 1500s (1800s English regional (Lancashire)) walladay, 1500s–1600s wel-aday, 1500s–1600s welladaie, 1500s–1800s weladay, 1500s– well-a-day, 1500s– welladay, 1600s wel-adaie, 1600s wela-day, 1600s welady, 1600s wele aday, 1600s weleaday, 1600s wella day, 1600s welladaye, 1600s welliday, 1600s welody, 1600s 1800s well a-day, 1600s–1800s well a day, 1700s wel-a-day, 1800s walla-day (English regional (Lancashire)); also Scottish pre-1700 wallod ay, pre-1700 1700s–1800s walladay, 1700s wail-a-day, 1700s wal-a-day, 1700s–1800s waladay, 1800s weel-a-day, 1800s– wally-dye. β. 1500s weraday, 1500s wereaday, 1800s– werraday (English regional (Yorkshire and Derbyshire)), 1900s– werriday (English regional (Nottinghamshire)). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: wellaway int. Etymology: Alteration of wellaway int. with substitution of day n. for the ending, after e.g. alack the day at alack int. 2; compare e.g. woe worth the day at worth v.¹ Phrases 2a(a), and also lack-a-day int. A. int. 1. As an exclamation of sorrow or lamentation: ‘alas!’ Also preceded by ah or O. Now archaic and regional.Occasionally followed by a noun, with the sense ‘alas for——’, or a clause, with the sense ‘alas that’. 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 1570 W. Elderton Newe Well a Daye (single sheet) Well a daye, well a daye, well a daye, woe is me. 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. I4 Ah (waladay) there is no end of paine. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 37 A weraday [1623 welady], hees dead, hees dead. View more context for this quotation 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 42 Oh wereaday [1623 weladay] that euer I was borne. 1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum xxxix. sig. B7^v But walladay, he was not there aware, of Cupids shaft. 1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. E1 A welliday for my Cowe. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. N3 Alack and welladay! 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xiii. 105 Then quire of Boys and Ladies sighing Welody, With Hymns and Pæans making dolefull Melody. 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 284 Alack and a welladay. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 161 Well-a-day, the title page was lost. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 14 Ah wel-a-day! [1805 well-a-day! 1817 well a-day!] what evil looks Had I from old and young. 1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 226 Well a day! Well a day! All he can say Is but just so much trouble and time thrown away. 1851 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales I. viii. 154 But, welladay, we hear a shrill voice of affliction. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Werraday, welladay. 1931 O. Nash Let. 8 Jan. in Loving Lett. (1990) 143 When I die sentimental tourists will weep over my grave and many hot dogs will be sold around it. Ah welladay. Don't you like the way I mingle humor and pathos? 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor iii. xxi. 779 Welladay! Then this much, at least, sir: we'll have no profit in our bargain if John Coode murthers us. 1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. vii. 286 ‘Welladay, welladay’, Pa said as he lowered himself onto the bench. †2. In wella, welladay; cf. wella int. Obsolete. 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 1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. D2^v Wella, wella day, wella, wella day: Thus cast yee flowers and sing, And on to Wakefield take your way. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 92 The precious clay, Which in the tomb, with tears, I laid, Wella welladay! 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 89 And as she mutter'd ‘Well-a—well-a-day!’ 1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus v. i, in Father's Trag. 203 Well-a—well-a-day! We'll to the show and you shall lead me on, Unfold me how the players gib and mince. †B. n. The utterance of this exclamation; lamentation; (also) a lament. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > (an utterance of) specific cry wellaway?c1225 harmesaya1487 ay me!a1547 welladay1582 heigh-hoc1604 ochone1654 wirrasthru1852 1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lxxxii. sig. L^v At last, though late, farewell olde wellada. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xvi. 57 Their ioyfull song was turn'd to mournfull cries, And all their gladnesse chang'd to welladaies. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xviii. 43 His daughters woe and heauie welladay . View more context for this quotation 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems 26 Th' inamour'd youth, whose flaming brest Makes Goddesses and Angels all..At his fruition flings away His Cloris and his Welladay And gladly joynes to fill our Quire. 1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy II. 291 Her ears were alternately assailed by the peccavis of penitence and the well-a-days of love. 1855 Student & Family Misc. July 104 Birds in the leaves are the voice of the wood, Uttering their melodies, jollities, or welladays. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1835int.n.1570
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