Obs. Also wele a saye, wyllossay. [var. of WELLAWAY: for the ending cf. HARMESAY.] Alas!
14[?]. Lamentacio Peccatoris, 52, in Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1914), 117. Euer þer sang ys wyllossay.
a. 1440. Bone Flor., 1430. Sche caste up many a rewfull rerde, And seyde ofte Wele a saye!
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., VIII. 91. Breris … This sely innocentis wole vnclothe And wellesay to tere her skynnys bothe.
