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Old English
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Interjection
1.2.1
Descendants
Old English
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FWOTD – 2 August 2015
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/wɑː lɑː wɑː/
Interjection
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wā
lā
wā
alas
, oh
woe
731
,
Bede
,
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
, 1722 edition prepared by John Smith, p. 501:
Wa la wa
! Þæt is sarlic
Oh woe
! That is sad
Descendants
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Middle English:
weylawey
Scots:
walawa
,
wallawa
English:
welaway
,
wellaway
(
archaic
)