Thole meaning
To suffer; endure; undergo.
verb
A thole pin.
noun
Origin of thole
- Middle English tholle from Old English thol teuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian (“to thole, endure, suffer, undergo"), from Proto-Germanic *þuljanÄ… (“to suffer"), from Proto-Indo-European *telhâ‚‚- (“to bear, support, suffer"). Cognate with Middle Low German dÅlen (“to endure"), Middle High German doln (“to bear, suffer, allow"), Danish tÃ¥le (“to tolerate"), Norwegian tola (“to tolerate"), Swedish tÃ¥la (“to tolerate"), Latin tollÅ (“to cancel, lift off, remove"), Latin tolerÅ (“to bear, endure") and Albanian ndal (“to stop, hold") from dal (“exit, leave; fig. to manage, succeed, endure").
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English, from Old English þol (“thole, oar-pin"), from Proto-Germanic *þullaz, *þullÅ (“thole, beam"), from Proto-Indo-European *tÅ«l-, *twel- (“sphere, bush"). Cognate with Dutch dol (“thole"), German Dolle (“oar-lock, thole"), Danish toll (“thole"). Extra-Germanic cognates include Albanian thel (“a big nail, a clapper").
From Wiktionary