adv. Sc.; also awald, awelled, awart (awkward). [Etymol. uncertain. Cf. OE. wæltan to roll, pa. t. in Lindisf. Matt. xxvii. 60 awælte, in Rushw. awælede; but the place of the stress makes the relationship doubtful.] (See quot.)
1799–1863. Trans. Highl. Soc., III. 447 (Jam.). Sheep are most apt to die awald, when it grows warm after a shower.
1854. N. & Q., Ser. I. IX. 209/1. When fat sheep roll over on their backs and cannot get up of themselves they are said to be lying awkward, in some places awalt, and in others awart.
1863. Morton, Cycl. Agric., II. 720. Awelled (Dumfriessh.), a sheep … lying helplessly on its back.
