† thild Obs.
[ONorthumb. þyld (= general OE. ᵹeþyld) = OHG. dult,:—OTeut. *þul-di-, nominal derivative of verb-stem *þul- in Goth. þulan to endure: see thole v.]
Patience, endurance.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xxi. 19 On ðyld [Rushw. ðylde] iuera ᵹie byeð sauelo iuero. c 1200 Ormin 2613 For þild birrþ ben wiþþ iwhillc mahht To beoldenn itt & strengenn. a 1300 E.E. Psalter ix. 19 Þild ofe pouer [Wyclif the pacience of pore men] ouer alle Noght in ende forworth salle. |
Hence
† ˈthildi (
OE. þyldiᵹ, early
ME. þuldi (
ü))
a., patient; whence
† ˈthildiliche adv., patiently.
| a 950 Rituale Dunelm. (Surtees) 101 Crist' ðv ðe arð doeme soðfæst strong and *ðyldiᵹ. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 177 Ha wes þuldi and þolemod. |
| c 1200 Ormin 1186 Ure Laferrd Jesu Crist..Toc *þildiliȝ wiþþutenn bracc, Þatt mann himm band wiþþ woȝhe. a 1225 Ancr. R. 106 He þolede þuldeliche þet te Giws dutten..his deorewurde muð mid hore dreori fustes. a 1225 Juliana 28 Þuldeliche heo hit þolede. |