boastful
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XI Whosoe'er was worthy to become a knight For his lofty lineage, did they each invite, High-born youths and valiant to the feastful board; With the young king Siegfried took they then the sword.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
The feastful monarch's heart was fired, And whatsoe'er thing she desired, Though half his kingdom it should be, He in his pleasure swore that he Would give the graceful Salome.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
Straight to the feastful palace he repair'd, Familiar enter'd, and the banquet shared; Beneath Eurymachus, his patron lord, He took his place, and plenty heap'd the board.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
The lone night draws to its death, and never another shall fall On those sons of the feastful warriors in the Niblungs' holy hall.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William
E'en then to drain it lengthen'd out his breath; Changed to the deep, the bitter draught of death: For fate who fear'd amidst a feastful band?
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
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