A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tholmo(u)dly, -mudlie, adv. [ME þolemodliche (Ancr. R.), tholmodly (Rolle), tholemodely (c1450); Tholmod adj.] Patiently, meekly. —a1400 Leg. S. iii 403.
Gyf thu wil her me tholmodly a1400 Leg. S. xviii 1147.
Tholmoudly He leite that haly tyme ga by a1400 Leg. S. 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
