Obs. [ONorthumb. þyld (= general OE. ʓeþyld) = OHG. dult, :—OTeut. *þul-di-, nominal derivative of verb-stem *þul- in Goth. þulan to endure: see THOLE v.] Patience, endurance.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Luke xxi. 19. On ðyld [Rushw. ðylde] iuera ʓie byeð sauelo iuero.
c. 1200. Ormin, 2613. For þild birrþ ben wiþþ iwhillc mahht To beoldenn itt & strengenn.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter ix. 19. Þild ofe pouer [Wyclif the pacience of pore men] ouer alle Noght in ende for worth salle.
Hence † Thildi (OE. þyldiʓ, early ME. þuldi(ü)) a., patient; whence † Thildiliche adv., patiently.
a. 950. Rituale Dunelm. (Surtees), 101. Crist’ ðv ðe arð doeme soðfæst strong and ðyldiʓ.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 177. Ha wes þuldi and þolemod.
c. 1200. Ormin, 1186. Ure Laferrd Jesu Crist … Toc *þildiliȝ wiþþutenn bracc, Þatt mann himm band wiþþ woȝhe.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 106. He þolede þuldeliche þet te Giws dutten … his deorewurde muð mid hore dreori fustes.
a. 1225. Juliana, 28. Þuldeliche heo hit þolede.
