His clerk was woe to do that deed.
Robert of Brunne.
Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.
Chaucer.
And looking up he waxed wondrous woe.
Spenser.
Woe"-be*gone` (?), a. [OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.] Beset
or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.
So woe-begone was he with pains of love.
Fairfax.
{ Woe"ful, Wo"ful } (?), a. 1. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with
grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
How many woeful widows left to bow To sad disgrace!
Daniel.
2. Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event;
woeful want.
O woeful day! O day of woe!
Philips.