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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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†WELLSOM, adj. Sc. form of obs. Eng. wealsome, extremely happy.Sc. 1776 Clerk Saunders in Child Ballads No. 69 A. xvi.:
And well and wellsom was the night, A wat it was between these twa.
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