dolent
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Very dolent was he and sorely troubled that so young a knight should be esteemed above his fathers.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
Certainly not; as without the opposite there is no pain; as is shown by that golden Pythagorean poet when he says: Hinc metuunt cupiuntque, dolent gaudentque, nec Respiciunt, clausæ tenebris, e carcere cæco.
From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by L. Williams
Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
And in such measure as the Franks rejoiced, so were the Greeks dolent, because right willingly would they have seen the Franks quarrelling and at war.
From Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffroi de Villehardouin
On a day this chanced to you; Out of Limousin there drew One, a pilgrim, sore adread, Lay in pain upon his bed, Tossed, and took with fear his breath, Very dolent, near to death.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
