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† ˈsiteful, a. Obs. rare.
Also 5 sitfull.
[f. site n.1 + -ful.]
Sorrowful, mournful, doleful.
a1300Cursor M. 21513 And spak he wit a siteful care. c1470Henry Wallace ii. 219 Compleyne for him in to that sitfull sell is. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. xxx, Rander louingis..Till Venus, and vnder her guerdoun..Rest at all eis, but sair or sitefull schouris.
Hence † ˈsitefully adv. Obs.—1
c1470Henry Wallace vii. 1243 To Dunbar the twa chyftanys couth pass, Full sitfully, for thar gret contrar cas. |