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XX. Exclamations Purely Imitative 
Other imitative exclamations, as fie, qwist, and calls to animals 
have been listed under different headings. Those found in this 
division are rare, and examples are, therefore, few. 
lully, lullay. English Carols: lully, lullay, thou little tiny child. 
By by, lully, lullay. 
terli, terlow. Eng. Carols: They sang terli, terlow. 
hey, huffa, troly loly. Songs of Conviviality: Hey, troly, loly. 
Huffa, galand. Magnyfycence, 1251: He dawnsys so long, hey 
troly loly. 
Puf. Towmneley, ii, 277, Caym: Puf! this smoke does me mych 
shame. (Cain is choked with smoke.) 
XXI. Expletives with Vocative, and Other Expressions 
Interjectional in Form, but Lacking in Force 
With one exception the forms listed in this class are still in use 
with the vocative, or as introductory expletives. 
a. Morte Darthur, iv, ch. 1: A, sayd the Kynge, syn ye knowe 
of your aduenture, peruey for hit. Morte Darthur, vii, ch. 11: 
A, foole, said she, thou were better flee by tymes. Morte 
Darthur, vii, ch. 13: Aasayd persaunt, that is the knyght’s of'the 
reed launde. Blanchardyn and Eglantine, ch. 23: A, madame, 
saide blanchardyne, pardoune me. Blanchardyne and Eglan- 
tine, ch. 23: Aa, gentyl knight, forced I am at this houre present. 
Castell of Perseverance, 870: A, Auaryce! wel thou spede! 
Castell of Per., 1164: A, Glotony! wel I pee grete! 
adonay. Meaning Lord, from Hebrew adonai, a plural form. 
Represented in the authorized version by the word Lord in 
ordinary type. Adonay is sometimes of a more forceful nature 
than is indicated by the example cited below. This is shown 
by a passage from the Chester Plays, xxxv, 273, where Balaack 
says indignantly: Thou preachest as a pie, adonay! 
Towneley Plays, xvii, 8, Symeon: Now help, lord, adonay! 
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