dild

English

Verb

dild (third-person singular simple present dilds, present participle dilding, simple past and past participle dilded)

1. alternate, archaic form of yield. A somewhat formal greeting.

Quotations

• c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], lines 41-42:

  King: How do ye, pretty Lady?
  Ophelia: Well, God dild you.