A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1450
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Tholmo(u)dly, -mudlie, adv. [ME þolemodliche (Ancr. R.), tholmodly (Rolle), tholemodely (c1450); Tholmod adj.] Patiently, meekly. —a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 403.
Gyf thu wil her me tholmodly a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii 1147.
Tholmoudly He leite that haly tyme ga by a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi 487.
Herrod … Wald syndry tymis cum hym to, & tholmodly gif hyme heryng a1450 Fifteen Ois 331.
Sweit Lord, I thank thé … That michtlie thi panis begane, Berand thi croce sa tholmudlie
