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wel-begone

Wel"-be*gone` adjective
Etymology
OE. wel-begon. See Well, and Begone.
Definitions
  1. Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. Obs.
    Fair and rich and young and wel-begone. Chaucer.
Webster 1913

woe-begone

Woe"-be*gone` adjective
Etymology
OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.
Definitions
  1. Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.
    So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax.
Webster 1913