Chapter Withset to Wol of W by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Woe is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow. " Woe is me! for I am undone." Isa. vi. 5.

O! woe were us alive [i.e., in life].

Chaucer.

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!

Isa. xlv. 9.

Woe worth, Woe be to. See Worth, v. i.

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day,
That costs thy life, my gallant gray!

Sir W. Scott.

Woe
(Woe), a. Woeful; sorrowful. [Obs.]

His clerk was woe to do that deed.

Robert of Brunne.

Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.

Chaucer.

And looking up he waxed wondrous woe.

Spenser.

Woe-begone
(Woe"-be*gone`) a. [OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.] Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.

So woe-begone was he with pains of love.

Fairfax.

Woeful
(Woe"ful, Wo"ful) a.

1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.

How many woeful widows left to bow
To sad disgrace!

Daniel.

2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want.

O woeful day! O day of woe!

Philips.

3. Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.

What woeful stuff this madrigal would be!

Pope.

Woefully
(Woe"ful*ly, Wo"ful*ly), adv. In a woeful manner; sorrowfully; mournfully; miserably; dolefully.

Woefulness
(Woe"ful*ness, Wo"ful*ness), n. The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.

Woesome
(Woe"some) a. Woeful. [Obs.] Langhorne.

Woke
(Woke) imp. & p. p. Wake.

Wol
(Wol) v. t. & i. See 2d Will. [Obs.] Chaucer.