thild
Middle English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old English þyld (“patience”), from Proto-Germanic *þuldiz (“endurance, patience”). Analyzable as thole + -th through the original Proto-Germanic syntax.
Noun
thild (uncountable)
- Patience, endurance, thole; the ability to endure or bear something.
- Sche hath nat no thild of hire. ― She doesn't have any endurance in her.
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