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.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], signature [K4], recto, lines 41-42:

     King. How doe you pretty Lady?
     Oph[elia]. Well good dild you, […]