a. Obs. [f. THEW sb.1 + -FUL.] Full of or characterized by good qualities; good, virtuous, moral.
c. 1205. Lay., 1797. Heo godd thonkeden mid þeu-fulle worden.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 422. Talkeð mid ouer meidenes and mid þeaufule talen schurteð ou to-gederes.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 45. Wiðute oðer god & þawfulle mihtes.
13[?]. Cursor M., 2337 (Cott.). For [Abram] was theuful [F. curtays, G., Tr. meke] bath and hind. Ibid., 2665. A theuful [G., Tr. holy] takynyng for to ken At tuin yow wit fra oþer men.