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þolemódness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þolemódness, e; f. Patience, long-suffering, endurance
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  • Patientia, ðæt is geðyld and þolmódnys gecwæden,

      Homl. Skt. i. 16, 334.
  • Se geþyldiga man mid his þolmódnysse his sáwle gehylt, ii. 28, 146.
  • Ða getreówfullan ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian scylun, be hiora þolemódnesse (þolo-,

      MS. T.) is þus áwriten, R. Ben. 27, 8, 13.
  • Wurðigan ða gódan þeáwas ... geþyld and þolemódnysse,

      Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 16.
Etymology
[Þolemodnesse and edmodnesse, of mild and meek heart, A. R. 158, 2. Þolemodnesse, H. M. 41, 10: Ayenb. 68, 4.]
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  • þolemódness, n.