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Thread #138560 Message #3172028
Posted By: peregrina
17-Jun-11 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: middle English word - Dou
Subject: RE: middle English word - Dou
I think that here the word 'way' also needs explaining--it may not be MnE 'way', which is not in this Middle English Dictionary in its modern sense. But rather as ME 'Wo!' or woe (as in Dutch or German e.g. heimwee, Heimweh).