thild

Pronunciation: /θild/

“thild” is a Middle English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

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

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.

More Middle English words

thikke
thikken
thikkenesse
thikly
thilke
thing
thinken
thinne

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