† Tholemodely

adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -LY².] Patiently, submissively, meekly.

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a. 1225. Ancr. R., 46. Nime hire sicnesse nout one þolemodliche, auch do swuð gledliche.

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a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter xxiv. 2. All þat tholmodly beris þe birþin of tribulacioun.

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c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, iii. (Andreas), 403. Gyf þu wil her me tholmodly.

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c. 1450. Mirour Saluacioun, 3195. The swerde of sharpest tonges herd of crist tholemodely.

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