dole dungeonn.poeticrare a place or situation of deep distress or sorrow; (contextually) spec. the earthly world and life as contrasted with heaven and heavenly bliss; cf. dungeonn. 5.Only in, or with direct reference to, the Middle English poem Pearl.
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c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1187 So wel is me in þys doel-doungoun, Þat þou art to þat Prynsez paye.
1977 Poetica (Tokyo) 8 12 At the end of Pearl.., the narrator is toppled from the height of ecstasy and thrown back into the dole-dungeon of this world.