ETYMOLOGY
from hie (haste, speed) + -ful
EXAMPLE
“… Schrift schal beo wreiful, bitter mid sorhe, ihal, naket, ofte imaket, hihful, eadmod, scheomeful, dredful ant hopeful …”
(Confession must be accusatory, bitter with regret, complete, naked, frequently made, prompt, humble, made with shame, fear, and hope…)
From: The English text of the Ancrene Riwle: Ancrene Wisse edited from MS. Corpus Christi College Cambridge 402, c1230
Edited by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and Neil Ripley Ker
The Early English Text Society edition, 1962
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