wa la wa
Old English
FWOTD – 2 August 2015
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑː lɑː wɑː/
Interjection
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
- 731, Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 1722 edition prepared by John Smith, p. 501:
Descendants
- Middle English: weylawey
- Scots: walawa, wallawa
- English: welaway, wellaway (archaic)