eldertongue

Old English · noun

þyld

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/θyld/
[θyɫd]
Syllables
θyld (1 syllable)
Modern English
patiencethildendurancelong-suffering

Meaning

  1. patience, long-suffering; endurance

Declension

Declension of þyld
SingularPlural
Nominative þyldþyldþyldaþylde
Accusative þyldþyldeþyldþyldaþylde
Genitive þyldesþyldeþylda
Dative þyldeþyldum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þuldi, from Proto-Germanic *þuldiz, *þulþiz (“endurance, patience”).

Descendants

thild

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