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þeáw-full

  • adjective
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þeáw-full, adj.
Moral, virtuous
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  • Oft hig (

    devils

    ) beswícaþ þeáwfulle weras (ða ðeáwfullan,
      MS. A.), Wulfst. 250, 4.
Etymology
[Heo Godd thonkeden mid þeufulle (witfolle, 2nd MS.), worden, Laym. 1797. Mid þeaufule talen schurteð ou, A. R. 422, 19. Ne beo þu nawt tu trusti ane to þi meidenhad wiðuten oðer god and þawfulle mihtes, H. M. 45, 4.]
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v. unþeáwfull.
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