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

Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.

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

This Roman was very dolent, because of his cousin's death, for he had seen his body lying in the dust.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene

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 Williams, L.

Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John