Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶VOU, n. Variant form of Eng. woe in phr. vou's me, woe is me (Sc. 1805 Earl of Aboyne in Child Ballads (1898) V. 271). For Sc. form see Wae.