pensifhede

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • pensifhed

Etymology

pensif +‎ -hede

Noun

pensifhede

  1. sorrow, melancholy
    • 1477, John Lydgate, The Temple of Glas‎[1], lines 1-3:
      For thought conſtreynt & greuous heuynes / For penſifhed and high diſtres / To bed I went now this other nyght
      For the sake of constraining thought and grievous heaviness / Because of sorrow and severe distress / To bed I went this other night
  2. pensiveness

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