woefulness, wofulness (wofulnes)

[ Thys day can noght be saad the heuine e mad, Noght halfe the wofulne e the cite hauing. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 648. The lamenting Elegiack... surely is to be praysed, either for compa ionate accompanying iust causes of lamentation, or for rightly paynting out how weake be the pa ions of wofulne e. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie, p. 44. woesome (wō'sum), a. [Sc. waesome ; woe + -some.] Woeful; sad; mournful. woe-wearied (wō'wer"id), a. Wearied out with woe or grief. [Rare.] My woe - wearied tongue is mute and dumb. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 18. woe-wearyt, a. [ME.wo- werie ; woe + weary .] Sad at heart. Wo-werie and wetschod wente ich forth after, As a recheles renke that reccheth nat of sorwe. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 1. woe-worn (wo'worn), a. Worn or marked by woe or grief. In lively mood he spoke, to wile From Wilfrid's woe- worn cheek a smile. Scott , Rokeby, v. 14. woful, wofully, etc. See woeful, etc. woiwode, wojwoda (woi'wōd, woi-wō'da), n. Same as voivode.