† do-welln.
Obsolete.
The action of doing well; well-doing. (In Langland frequently personified, together with Do-bet, Do-best.)
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1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 156 Þe preost..diuinede þat Dowel Indulgence passede.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 158 Dowel on Domesday Is digneliche I-preiset.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 12 Dobet is hir damoisele sire doweles douȝter.
1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 52 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. His Doe-well to vsward exceeds our Say-well of him.
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