v. Obs. rare. [app: representing OE. (ʓe)þyldʓian to be patient, f. ʓeþyldiʓ patient; but this would normally give in ME. (ȝe)þuld(i)en.] a. intr. To be patient, have patience, bear or put up with. b. trans. (only in OE.) To wait for.
[c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xxxiii. 216. Ne mæʓ he ʓeðyldʓian ðæt he ðæt forhele.
a. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Spelm.) xxiv. 5. Ðe ic ʓeþyldʓode [Vulg. te sustinui] ealne dæʓ. Ibid., xci. 14. Wel þyldiʓende hi beoð [Vulg. bene patientes erunt].]
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1859. Þenne he þulged with hir þrepe, & þoled hir to speke, & ho … bede hit hym swyþe.
