† thrildom Sc. Obs.
Also 4 threl-, thryldome.
[f. thrill n.2 + -dom. Cf. thirldom.]
= thraldom.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 265 Ȝe may weile se..How hard A thing þat threldome Is. Ibid. 269 Thryldome is weill wer þan deid. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxii. 377 Fore til deliuer ws of thryldome. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 38 In a house of miserable thrildome & bondage. |