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† ˈhowful, houghful, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 hoᵹful, 1–3 hohful, 3 hoȝhefull, houhful, howful; see also hoful.
[OE. hoᵹful, f. hoᵹu thought, care, how n.1 + -ful.]
Careful; anxious, sorrowful.
970in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. ævi Sax. 240 Hohful embe ðæt hu ic his lof araere. a1050Liber Scintill. ix. (1889) 43 æmtiᵹ wamb & gyrla hohfull. c1200Ormin 8953 Ne þatt me birrþ beon hoȝhefull Abutenn hise þingess. a1250Owl & Night. 1292 Þe nihtegale sat and sihte And hohful was.
Hence † howfully adv., carefully, anxiously.
1565T. Stapleton Fortr. Faith 6 What is more howfully to be sought for, more charely to be kept? |