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þole-mód

  • adjective
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Grammar
þole-mód, adj.
Of a patient disposition, patient, long-suffering
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  • Þþolemód

    longanimis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 437, 43
      • .

  • Heó wæs þolemód and gestǽðþig on hire gebǽran, and ne geseah hí nán man yrre,

    • Homl. Ass. 127, 367
      • .

  • Þolemód on wiþerweardum þingum

    patient in adversity,

    • R. Ben. 26, 18
      • .

  • His mon fandige hwæðer hé þolemód (þolo-,)

    • (Wells Frag.)

    sý and geþyldig

    probetur in omni patientia,

    • 99, 4
      • .

  • Þolomód

    patiens,

    • Scint.8, 12, 14
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  • Ðæt se mann beó geðyldig and ðolomód (þol-,)

    • (MSS. U. D.)
      • ,
    • Homl. Skt. i. 16, 335
      • .

  • Geðyldig and ðolmód,

    • 17, 55
      • .

  • On ðære écan worulde, ðe gewelgaþ ða þolmódan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 456, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
Gordoille wes þolemod, Laym. 3141.
Katerine wes þuldi & þolemod, Kath. 173.
Þolemod is þe pet þuldeliche abereð wouh þet me deð him, A. R. 158, 4.
Cf.
Icel. þolin-móðr patient
:
Dan. taal-modig.
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v.  þol-mód þolo-mód.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þole-mód.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31922.

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