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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WEEL, n.² Sc. form of Eng. weal, welfare, well-being.Sc. 1802 Geordie in Child Ballads No. 209 B. xxi.:
It's out an spak than a Scottish lord, May the weel gae wi his body!Rnf. 1806 R. Tannahill Poems (1900) 109:
Come weel, come wae, he took the road.Abd. 1844 W. Thom Rhymes 89:
Whaure'er my fate may guide, Or weel or wae betide.Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 153:
Consult, at ance, yer future weel.