† do-well Obs.
[f. do v. + well adv.]
The action of doing well; well-doing. (In Langland freq. personified, together with Do-bet, Do-best.)
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. viii. 156 Þe preost..diuinede þat Dowel Indulgence passede. Ibid. 158 Dowel on Domesday Is digneliche I-preiset. 1377 Ibid. B. ix. 12 Dobet is hir damoisele sire doweles douȝter. 1628 Gaule Pract. The. Panegyr. 52 His Doe-well to vsward exceeds our Say-well of him. |