dild

English

Verb

dild (third-person singular simple present dilds, present participle dilding, simple past and past participle dilded)

  1. alternate, archaic form of yield. A somewhat formal greeting.

Quotations

  • c. 1600-1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act IV, scene v. Line 41-42:
    King: How do ye, pretty Lady?
    Ophelia: Well, God dild you.
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