arch. [f. WOEFUL + -NESS.] Woeful condition; sad misery.

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1513.  Bradshaw, St. Werburge, I. 3171. O dredefull dethe … Takynge our heed from vs … Hath brought vs to threaldome, wofulnes and peyne.

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a. 1586.  Sidney, Arcadia, III. (1922), 61. The harte stuffed up with wofulnes.

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1686.  G. Stuart, Joco-Ser. Disc., 2. Their waedeum [marg. Wofulness] seem’d vanish’t.

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1867.  Morris, Jason, XVII. 1118. He … muttered low for fear and woefulness.

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