Obs. Also 5 qwar(t)-, quarfulle, quarty- 56 whart-. [f. QUART sb.1 + -FUL.] Sound, healthy; safe, prosperous.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., vi. 29. Whartfull shall I make thi gate, I shal the help erly and late.
1483. Cath. Angl., 296/2. Quartyfulle (A. Qwartfulle), compos, prosper, sospes. Ibid., 297/1. To make Quarfulle, prosperare.
1530. Test. Ebor. (Surtees), V. 290. Whartfull the mynd, and compleit in remembrance.
1537. Will of Agnes Bell (Somerset Ho.). Heyll and quartfull in mynde.
Hence † Quar(t)fulness, health, prosperity. Obs.
1483. Cath. Angl., 297/1. A Quarfullnes, prosperitas.