Expressing regret or grief: alas!, oh! …

(a) An expression of astonishment or disbelief; (b) hou de-le, hou de-le what, lo de-le, o de-le. …

Oh!; why! …

Behold!, lo! …

An exclamation expressing interest, surprise, distress, indignation, shock, etc. [See also hum interj.] …

(a) An exclamation expressing amusement or the sound of laughter; (b) a shout to frighten away a marauding animal or to keep hunting dogs in line. …

(a) An exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.; hou de-le, hou de-le what; hou nou; (b) a call to attract attention; (c) used to represent the hooting of an owl; (d) introducing a……

As an emphatic particle: (a) emphasizing a statement: indeed, surely, certainly; (b) emphasizing a question: why, then, how pray; lo hou; -- sometimes implying irony; (c) emphasizing an entreaty……

The sound of a giggle. …

Ah, oh, alas;—sometimes with that clause expressing the ground of the complaint. …

An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret (a) alas, woe; ah; also, in comb.: a wei-la; wei-la the reuthe, alas the pity, oh the pity of it; (b) with clause, introduced by as, hou, that,……

An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret: (a) alas, woe; oh; wei-la-wei and alas, alas and wei-la-wei;—freq. used in direct speech; crien (seien, etc.) wei-la-wei (b) with hou or that……

(a) As an exclamation emphasizing the speaker’s emotional response to a situation; also, as an exclamation calling for the hearer’s attention or demanding the hearer’s response or action: why, here……

Well, well then, why, ah: (a) preceding questions, usu. anxious, surprised, or indignant ones; a wi; (b) used with statements, exhortations, demands, etc.; wi whippe. …

(a) Expressing distress, misery, or grief: alas;—occas. with that clause expressing the ground of the complaint; (b) in phrase, expressing indignation or anger: wo nou, well now, ah. …

(a) As an affirmative reply to a direct or an indirect question: yes; seien ye (b) as an affirmation of the truth or correctness of an assertion, a proposition, etc.: that is right, it is so, yes;……

(a) As an affirmative reply to a direct or an indirect question: yes; also, as an affirmation of the truth or correctness of an assertion, a proposition, a negation, etc., usu. presented as a question……