A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1599, 1699-1700
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(Wa begone,) Wo begone, adj. Also: wobegon, wobegane, wae began. [ME and e.m.E. wo bigon (14th c.), wo begone (Chaucer), wa began (14th c., north.).] Beset with woe (Wa n.), oppressed with or overcome by grief or misery, sorrowful.a1500 Henr. Orph. 267.
Ixione, Rowit about rycht wonder wo begone a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 39.
Sche … Ne knouith not how I ame wo begone 1513 Doug. x xiii 79.
Sa wobegone becam this lusty man That salt teris fast our hys chekis ran 1513 Doug. xii xiii 46.
Wobegon 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 172.
My hart wes wo begone, To see … [etc.] c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii 195.
Half wo begone allone all solitair 15.. Clariodus i 1240.
Then war thay wounder wobegone and sad 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 7692.
Ane pure wedow All wobegane, in hart richt sorrofow a1700 Mare of Colinton 169.
To whom this beast all wae began, Said … Lat me but this ane night alone [etc.]
