welladay

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English

Interjection

welladay

variant form of wellaway; alas.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet:
  Alacke the time that ever I was borne, / To be partaker of this destinie. / Alacke the day, alacke and welladay.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere:
  Ah! wel-a-day! what evil looks / Had I from old and young; / Instead of the Cross the Albatross / About my neck was hung.

Noun

welladay (plural welladays)

A cry of "welladay".

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