12 February 2021
weal(1)
[ weel ]
noun
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
the public weal; weal and woe.
Obsolete. wealth or riches.
Obsolete. the body politic; the state.
ORIGIN OF WEAL(1)
before 900; Middle English wele, Old English wela; akin to well1
DEFINITION FOR WEAL (2 OF 2)
weal(2)[ weel ]
noun
wheal.
ORIGIN OF WEAL(2)
variant of wale1, with ea of wheal
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR WEAL
This time it must be either for weal or woe, and all that he possessed he was now bringing into the field.
PELLE THE CONQUEROR, COMPLETE|MARTIN ANDERSON NEXO
So many virtues and such active zeal Her youth could not sustain; she fell from weal Ere harvest.
LAMENTS|JAN KOCHANOWSKI
She’s growing up now, and has no mother, And as for her poor father, he’d as soon Think of flying as of his daughter’s weal.
TALES OF THE WONDER CLUB, VOLUME III|M. Y. HALIDOM (PSEUD. DRYASDUST)
I feel much for my Canadian brethren, and I can never be indifferent to their weal or woe.
THE STORY OF MY LIFE|EGERTON RYERSON
Quote of the day
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
Mark Twain
On this day
12 February 1809 – birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United State of America. Assassinated 15 April 1865.
12 February 1912 – the Last Emperor of China, Hsian-T’ung is forced to abdicate by republicans, ending 2000 years of imperial rule. The Republic of China formed on 1 January 1912, followed by the People’s Republic of China, which formed on 1 October 1949.
12 February 1983 – Legendary 1960’s folk duo, Simon and Garfunkel, play a reunion concert at VFL Park, Melbourne.
12 February 2015 – death of Faith Bandler. Australian civil rights activist. Her father was from Vanuatu. Her mother of Scottish-Indian descent. Campaigned for the rights of indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. She was a leader in the 1967 referendum on aboriginal Australians. She was involved with the Aboriginal–Australian Fellowship and the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI). She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1984 and Companion of the Order of Australia in 2009. Born 23 September 1918.