woe : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Woe worth

  • Woe be to. See Worth, v. i.
Webster 1913

woe-begone

Woe"-be*gone` adjective
Etymology
OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.
Definitions
  1. Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.
    So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax.
Webster 1913