waeful

My mind groped back on the events of the whole waeful winter.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

'Twas like the heart was torn from me, a waeful wife was I.

Rhymes of a Rolling Stone 1916

He made a little remark about the waeful occasion, and the need of supporting God's will, raising his bonnet reverently; and then Mrs. Dewar was helped into the cart, and went rumbling away into the darkness, still relieved for a time by the gleams growing fainter and fainter thrown by Duncan's lantern from side to side.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

“By the way,” he continued, rising and going to the mantelpiece, “you may be interested to have a look at the so-called ‘waeful dagger.’

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 2007

Though the waeful may cease frae their greetin '. "

William Adolphus Turnpike William Banks

"I mind," Corp went on, "how when you was little you couldna see a bairn without rocking your arms in a waeful kind o 'a way, and we could never thole the meaning o't.

Tommy and Grizel 1898

"But dinna ba so waeful about it," the old woman continued, kindly, "for that's no nane like you.

The Little Minister 1898