- carful
- adj careful, anxious, curious; 1. of persons, (1) filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled, sad; þu eart carful and bysig ymbe fela þing thou art careful and troubled about many things; (2) careful, attentive, attentive to the interests of, solicitous for; hú abbod carful béon sceal ymbe þá dǽdbétendan how an abbot must be solicitous for the the penitent; (3) careful, painstaking, applying care to what one does, heedful; hwæðer hé carful síe tó godcundum weorce if he be careful to godly work; 2. of things, (1) fraught or attended with anxiety, troublesome; carfull behýdnes troublesome secret place; (2) showing care for or attention to a person's interests; mid carfulre þegnunge with caring service; (3) careful, heedful; mid carfulre gíemene with heedful care;
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.