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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English þyld (“patience”), from Proto-West Germanic *þuldi, from Proto-Germanic *þuldiz (“endurance, patience”). Analyzable as thole + -th through the original Proto-Germanic morphology.
Pronunciation
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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