laweful
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lawefull, lawful, lawfull, laghful, laghfull, laful, lafull, laughfull, lawefful
Etymology
From lawe + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlau̯(ə)ful/
Adjective
laweful (inflected form lawefulle)
- Lawful; allowed by the law or legal system.
- Morally correct; allowed by one's moral code.
- Legally or morally required, obligated, or demanded.
- Following or respecting the local laws.
- Respectable; highly accepted by society.
- (rare) Usual, traditional, normal.
- (rare) Allowed, accepted, permitted.
Descendants
- English: lawful
- Scots: lawfu
References
- “laueful (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.