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þanc-full

  • adjective
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Grammar
þanc-full, þanc-full; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§629;
thoughtful
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  • Mǽden carful þancful nytwyrþe clǽne

    a maiden born on the ninth day of the moon will be careful, thoughtful, useful, chaste,

    • Lchdm. iii. 188, 14
      • .
spirited; animosus
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  • Cild ácenned (born on the thirteenth day of the moon), þancfull (animosus ) þríste, reáful, ofermód, him sylfum gelícigende

    • Lchdm. iii. 190, 13
      • .
pleasing, agreeable, cf.
Icel. þekki-ligr handsome, pleasant
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  • Ðoncful

    gratiosus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 31
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  • Þanefulle

    idoneam,

    • ii. 44, 26
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  • Wé hálsiaþ, God, ðæt þeów ðín cync úre ... tó ðé ... þancfull mæge becuman

    quaesumus, Deus, ut famulus tuus rex nosier ... ad te ... gratiosus ualeat pervenire,

    • Anglia xiii. 381, 228
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  • Þancfullust hýrsumnysse wæstm

    gratissimus obedientie fructus,

    • 371, 84
      • .
thankful, grateful
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  • Ðæt folc wearð swá fægen his cystignessa and swá þancful, ðæt hig worhton him áne anlícnesse of áre,

    • Ap. Th. 10, 10
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  • Beóþ þancfulle

    grati estote

    • (Col. 3, 15)
      • ,
    • Homl. Th. i. 606, 18
      • .

  • Wesaþ þancfulle þon Hǽlende eóweres andleofan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 169, 16
      • .
content, satisfied
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  • Ðancful

    contentus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 6
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  • Þancfull,

    • 24, 66
      • .

  • Ðæt hé doncfull sí stýre him ðæs bebodenan folces

    contentus sit gubernatione creditae sibi plebis,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 572, 33
      • .

  • Ælþeódige bisceopas sýn ðoncfulle ( contenti ) heora gæstlíþnesse and feorme,

    • S. 573, 3
      • .

  • Scottas wǽron ðancfulle ( contenti ) heora gemǽrum,

    • 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 646, 36
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Etymology
O. H. Ger. un-dancfol ingratus
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v. un-þancful [l]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þanc-full.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31518.

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