thild

Middle English

/θild/

noun
Definitions
  • patience, endurance, thole; the ability to endure or bear something

Etymology

Derived from Old English þyld (patience) derived from Proto-Germanic *þuldiz (endurance, patience) affix from Middle English thole (patience).

Origin

Middle English

thole

Gloss

patience

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