Wt/sco/dule

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Etymology[edit | edit source]

From Old French dol, doel (modern deuill) ‘mourning’, from Vulgar Latin dolus, from Latin dolere ‘grieve’. Later influenced by or reborrowed from early Middle English dool. Cognate with English dole.

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Adjective[edit | edit source]

Wt/sco/dule (comparative duler, superlative dulest)

  1. sad, sorrowful
    My dule spreit dois lurk for schoir. My sorrowful spirit hides for fear. (William Dunbar, ‘Meditation In Winter’)

Noun[edit | edit source]

dule (uncoontable)

  1. grief, sadness, sorrow
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