Obs. Also 5 whe. An exclamation app. used for emphasis, or to demand attention. Cf. WI int.
13[?]. Sir Orfeo, 176 (Sisam). O we, quaþ he, allas allas.
13[?]. Gosp. Nicod., 28 (MS. Harl.). We, whatkyn godes er þire?
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2185. We, lorde, quoth þe gentyle knyȝt, Wheþer þis be þe grene chapelle.
c. 1440. York Myst., xi. 139. We! lord, þai wil noght to me trayste. Ibid., xv. 46. Whe! hudde! be-halde into the heste!
c. 1460. Towneley Myst. ii. 147. We! ryn on, in the dwills nayme Before!
