weleful

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === welefull, welful, welfull, wilful weoleful (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From wele (“wealth”) +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɛːl(ə)ful/ === Adjective === weleful Blessed, well-off, lucky; having prosperity or happiness. Bestowing prosperity or happiness; benevolent, kind. late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 451-455: (rare) Indicative of or signifying prosperity. ==== Derived terms ==== welefulnesse ==== Descendants ==== English: wealful (obsolete) ==== References ==== “wēleful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.