toyle

English

Verb

toyle (third-person singular simple present toyles, present participle toyling, simple past and past participle toyled)

Obsolete form of toil.

Noun

toyle (plural toyles)

Obsolete form of toil.

Anagrams

Elyot, Otley, oylet

Middle English

Alternative forms

toile

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman toile.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtui̯l(ə)/, /ˈtɔi̯l(ə)/

Noun

toyle

A fight; strife (deadly discord between two parties)

Descendants

English: toil
Scots: tuilyie

References

“toil(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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