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guai1 (s.xii1)
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guai1 (s.xii1)

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gwai,  gway;  oay,  wai,  way,  woe  (quai  Oxf Ps1 198.5 (var.))  
  FEW:  wai 17,457b Gdf:  guai 4,372c GdfC: ∅ TL: guai 4,720 DEAF:  guai G1522 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  woe int., and adv., n., and adj.  MED:  wo n.  DMLBS:  vae 3584b

interj.

exclam.woe! alas!: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1255 )  Ceo qu'il dient alas! alas! (var. (B: s.xiii4/4) gway; gway; (C: s.xivin) way; way) et pleignent la cité qui si grant fu & fort signefie la grant pleinte qu'il funt de lur grant lignage qu'ils perdirent  Apoc Prose 97

s.

1woe, misfortune: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  a taunt passe li premer gwais. E este vus uncore aprés vienent deus gwais  Apoc giffard 1664-65
♦ exclam. woe (upon): 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Wai vus, qui estorez Les leis de felunie  Becket1 3142
( MS: s.xii4/4 )  Way la terre, dont li reis est enfant e dont li princes menjue matinel  Prov vil 12.308
2 pathol. stomach-ache (?): 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  e si est bon pur la woe e pur l'estomach freid  Med Misc 48r
guai a
exclam.woe upon: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Guai a mei (Latin: Heu mihi), kar purluigné[e] est, je habitai od les tabernacles Cedar! Mult la meie aneme od les haanz pais  Camb Ps 233.CXIX.5
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Way a l’hume k’il unc fu nez, Quant de taunt pecchez est grevez  Corset ANTS 1525
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  oay a cels Ki en terre sount  Chev Dé 739
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Gwai, gwai as habitanz en terre Ke a dreit ne volent lur salu quere  Apoc giffard 1584
turner a guai
turner1

[gdw]

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