laufulnes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lahfulnesse, lauhfulnesse
Etymology
From laweful + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlau̯(ə)fulnɛs/
Noun
laufulnes (uncountable) (rare)
- The state of honouring a contract, promise or directive.
- The state of being respectable or highly accepted by society.
Descendants
- English: lawfulness
References
- “lauefulnes(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.