dolent

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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 Mason, Eugene

After "that most dolent day"* we hear no more of Dunbar.

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

Si d'aventure aucû chevalier non hardy ou paresseux te possède après ma mort j'en seray grandement dolent.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de