† ˈmotild Obs.
[f. mote, moot v.1 + -ild fem. suffix (see grucchild).]
A female disputant.
| a 1225 Leg. Kath. 418 Ȝef ha þeos modi motild [L. hanc contionatricem temerariam] ouercumen mahten. a 1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 205 Ich..bidde þin ore ðet tu beo mi motild aȝeines mine soule fon. |