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† ˈwealful, a. Obs.
Forms: 3 weole-, 3–5 wele-, 4–5 welful, 4 wellful, Sc. velfull, 5 welfull, 6 weelful, 6–7 weal(e)full.
[f. weal n.1 + -ful.]
Happy, prosperous, fortunate, blessed, gladsome.
c1230Hali Meid. (MS. Titus) 31 For, beo hit nu, þat te beo richedom riue, ant tine wide wahes wlonke & welefulle. a1240Sawles Warde in O.E. Hom. I. 259 Hire wlite se weoleful þat euch eorðlich liht is þeoster þer oȝeines. 1352Minot Poems viii. 17 Weleful men war ȝe, i-wis. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. met. i. (1868) 4 Þilke deeþ of men is welful þat ne comeþ not in ȝeres þat ben swete. c1386― Man of Law's T. 353 O cleere, o welful Auter, hooly croys. 1406Hoccleve La Male Regle 402 O god!..Weleful lord. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 16999 And wel-full and blyssed be tho betynges and skowrynges, that compellyn a chylde to declyne ffrom his trespacys and his Errours. 1556N. Grimalde Cicero De Offic. Pref. to Rdr. {fatpara}vj, If it bee well, and wisely, and conueniently done: we shall be wealfull, and in a blessed case. 1609J. Davies (Heref.) Holy Rood D 3, To tell the Ierkes with ioy, that ioy do bring, Is both a wealefull, and a wofull thing.
Hence † ˈwealfully adv., † ˈwealfulness Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iii. (1868) 37 It deliteþ me to comen now to þe singuler vphepyng of þi welefulnesse. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andrew) 663 Alhale, þu blissit croice, þat is hallowit welfully of Ihesu cryste in þe body. Ibid. 785 A matrone þat wellfully quhile maryt wes with a senatour of þe place. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. vi. 24 If a man be riche and fulfild with worldly welfulnesse, some commenden it. 1388Wyclif 3 John 2 Of alle thingis Y make preyer, that thou entre and fare welefuly, as thi soule doith welefuli. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. 274 Þat euery þing miȝt in welfulnes To ȝoure encres perseueren and contvne. |