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† ˈtholemodeness Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Patience, submissiveness, meekness.
c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xvi. 334 (MS. J.) Patientia þæt is ᵹeðyld and þolmodnys ᵹecwæden. a1225Ancr. R. 276 Wreððes salue [is] þolemodnesse. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5831 Moche he louede þolmodnesse. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 433 Of tholmudnes als sic wes he Þat he with-stud in na degre Agane þame þat..til hyme mysded. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Armys (S.T.S.) 285 The prince suld be..of gude tholemudenes, to suetely here the caus. |