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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.

  • Þanefulle

    idoneam,

    ii.
      44, 26.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
v. un-þancful[l].
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. un-dancfol ingratus.]
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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  • þanc-full, adj.

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