wowe

Etymology
From, a variant of , from (hence a ).

Noun

 * 1) Woe, discomfort; a state of intense depression and sorrowfulness.
 * 2) A lack of luck or fortuitousness; bad fortune.
 * 3) A unlucky or unfortunate event; something that feels negative.
 * 4) Injury, painfulness; the result of physical harming.
 * 5)  upsetness, unhappiness.

Usage notes
This word would have come to sound the same as in the Early Modern English period and was probably conflated with it.