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† wella, int. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 wel lá, 3–4 wella, wela, wele, (3 wælla, wælle, welle, wellen).
[OE. wel lá (see well adv. and lo int.1), partly confused with wá lá (see wale int.) and weᵹ lá (weila). Cf. also OE. wel ᵹá, weol ᵹá, glossing L. heia and euge respectively.]
A. int.
a. Well then.
b. Ah! alas!
Also followed by a n. as object = alas for.., or a clause = alas that...
c888ælfred Boeth. xxxiv. §8 Wella, men, wel. c1000ælfric Saints' Lives iii. 627 Hwæt þa se læce..cwæð mid wope: wella basilius, ᵹif ðu sylf noldest, nære þu ᵹit forðfaran. c1205Lay. 3456 Wallan, dæð, wela, deað, Þat þu me nelt fordemen. Ibid. 7875 Welle broðer Nennius þat ich þe quic nabbe.
B. As adv. or intensive prefix: Very, exceedingly.
c1205Lay. 5970 Wælle muchel wes þa wop, þæ Belin þeonne wende. Ibid. 12805 Þeder com þe ohte mon, wælla wel wes he ibon. Ibid. 29622 Welle uain [c 1275 wele glad] wes he þer uore. Ibid. 31258 Wellen henden wes þe mon Osric ihaten. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 831 Þe gestes gay & ful glad..Welawynnely wlonk. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 518 Wela wynne is þe wort þat waxes þeroute. Ibid. 2084 Wela wylle was þe way, þer þay bi wod schulden. a1400Wars Alex. 1970 Wella [v.r. wele] wide ware þe wele,..Miȝt þou þe marches of Messedoyne mayntene þiselfe. |