How do you pronounce wellaway?

The recorded pronunciation is /wɛləˈweɪ/.

Where does wellaway come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/wɛləˈweɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Archaic; Literary

"Crying with pitteous voice, and count'nance wan; / Ah well away, most noble Lords, how can / Your cruell eyes endure so pitteous sight [...]?"
"Replied the Angel, "Wellaway! Wellaway! this may be in no way." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say. When it was the Four Hundred and Sixtyfourth Night, She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious ..."
"Wellaway, wellaway, ah, wellaway! ' As ocean beat the stone, did she her breast, 'Ah, wellaway! . . ah me ! alas, ah me !' Such sighing uttered she. ii A Cloud spake out of heaven, as soft as rain That falls on water, — ' Lo, The Winds have ..."

From Middle English weylawey, from Old English weġ lā weġ, alteration of wā lā wā, with substitution of Old Norse vei for Old English wā. Compare wellawo, weila.

welaway (alternative) well away (alternative) welladay (alternative) well-a-day (alternative)

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