An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. wa-la, eheu, ah; from wa, woe, and la, O, oh!

WALY, s. Prosperity. Waly fa, or faw, may good fortune befall, or betide; a phrase not yet entirely obsolete, S. B.
Lyndsay.

A. S. waela, wela, felicitas, prosperitas.

WALYCOAT, s. The same with [Wylicot].
Spalding.

WALIT, pret. v. Travelled.
K. Hart.

A. S. weall-ian, Teut. wal-en, peregrinari.

To WALK, v. a. To watch.
Barbour.

Moes. G. wak-an, A. S. wac-ian, vigilare.

Walkrife, adj.
1. Watchful, S. wakrife.
Mellvill's MS.
2. Metaph., kept still alive.
Douglas.

A. S. waecce, watchfulness; and rife, abundant.