An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 878
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 878
1. To bear, to suffer, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _thol-ian_, Moes. G. _thul-an_, Isl. _thol-a_, id.
2. To bear with, not to oppose.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
3. To bear patiently, S.
_Douglas._
4. To restrain ones self; as a _v. n._
_Wallace._
5. To tolerate, in relation to heresy.
_Knox._
6. To exempt from military execution.
_Barbour._
7. To permit, to allow, S.
_Wallace._
8. To wait, to expect, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
9. _To thole the law_, to be subjected to a legal trial.
_Acts Ja. I._
~Tholmude~, ~Thoilmude~, _adj._ Patient; _tholemoody_, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _thole-mod_, _tholmoda_, patiens animi.
THONE, _p.r.o.n._ Yonder, Loth. _yon_, S.
Moes. G. _thana_, id.; O. Su. G. _thoen_, ille, iste.
THOR, _s._ Durance, confinement.
Sw. _thor_, carcer.
_Gl. Sibb._
THORROWS. _s. pl._ Troubles.
_Burel._
A. S. _threow-ian_, pati.
_To_ THORTER, _v. a._ To oppose, to thwart, S.
_Calderwood._
~Thortour~, _s._ Opposition, resistance, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
~Thorter-ill~, ~Thwarter-ill~, _s._ A kind of palsy to which sheep are subject, Tweedd.
_Stat. Acc._
~Thortour~, ~Thuortour~, _adj._ Cross, transverse.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _twertoefwer_, transverse; Dan. _twertover_, transversely.
_To_ THOW, _v. a._ To address in the singular number, as a token of contempt.
_Wallace._
THOUGHT, THOUGHTY, _s._
1. A moment, as respecting time, S.
2. At a little distance, in respect of place, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ THOUT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.