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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456
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Tholmodnes, Tholmudnes, Tholemudenes, n. [ME þolemodnesse (Ancr. R.), þolmodnesse (Manning); Tholmod adj.] Patience — a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 528.
He schew alkyne tholmodnes a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx 592.
& lath scho was neuir-the-les To tyne the mede of tholmodnes a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxviii 386.
The payne that Adryane With tholmodnes for God had tane a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi 433.
Tholmudnes 1456 Hay I 285/28.
The prince suld be … of gude tholemudenes to suetely here the caus
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