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weel

Dialect
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Scots dialect word for "well," meaning good, satisfactory, or in good health, adding authentic regional flavor to Scottish verse.

Detailed Definition
Weel is a Scots form of well. In Burns’s farewell, it gives the line a local, conversational tone and shows the poem’s use of Scots vocabulary rather than standard English.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And fare thee weel, my only luve!” uses Scots weel for standard English well; “Sleep weel, my bairn, beneath the rain” preserves a Scottish-speaking voice; “Ye ken me weel enough” shows the common dialect adverb; “Fare ye weel” is a traditional farewell whose dialect form contributes warmth and locality
Additional Notes
The word weel in the quoted line is Scots dialect and may need looking up for modern readers.; Found in the poem, A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
Other Meanings of “weel”
Also Known As
wee small diminutive tiny Well
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