Obs. Also 3 wasið, [wei-sið]. [f. WOE sb. + SITHE sb.1] Trouble, affliction.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 209. Ȝif he seð his emcristene þolien wosið.

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[c. 1205.  Lay., 25846. Þa fond he þer ane quene … weop for hire wei-sið.]

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid. (Titus), 51. Alle þe alde wiues schome craft, þat cunnen of þat wasið. Ibid., 53. Lutel wat meiden … of hire wasiðes of þat fode fostringe.

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 15712. Manie oþere sore hit ment,… Þat wyth hym byde many wo sith.

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