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Old English · noun

geþyld

Normalised ġeþyld

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/jeˈθyld/
[jeˈθyɫd]
Syllables
je · ˈθyld (2 syllables)
Modern English
patience

Meaning

  1. patience

Declension

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaþuldi. By surface analysis, ġe- + þyld. Cognate with Old High German gidult (German Geduld).

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