waal

Yola

Alternative forms

• wull, well, wel
• vella (before consonant)

Etymology

From Middle English wal, from Old English wel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔːɫ/, /wʊɫ/, /wɛɫ/, /vɛlə/

Adverb

waal

1. well
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 106:

     A plaauge apan Portheare! Hea'de luther me waal,

     A plague upon Porter, he'd hide me well,

Derived terms

• welkome

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 76