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 France, Marie de

She had that dolent, troubled look in her eyes.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

But the dolent accents returned as he opened his proofs and read them.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

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

Through me the way is to the city dolent;   Through me the way is to eternal dole;   Through me the way among the people lost.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth