different between tode vs tole

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??d

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Low German todden (“to drag”).

Noun

tode (plural todes)

1. (US) A sled used for hauling logs.

Etymology 2

Possibly related to Low German todden (“to drag”).

Noun

tode (plural todes)

1. (obsolete) Clipping of tode-boat: a small fishing boat used in the Netherlands.

Anagrams

• dote, toed

Middle English

Alternative forms

• toode, tade, tadde, toade

Etymology

From Old English *t?de, a shortening of t?die, t?di?e, of uncertain origin. Compared to Old Norse and modern Danish tudse (“toad”), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from a common Proto-Germanic word *tod (“small”), compared to Proto-Germanic *t?drijaz (“small, frail”) (modern English tidbit) or *talt?n? (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”) (modern English toddle), referring to its short steps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??d(?)/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /?t??d(?)/

Noun

tode (plural todes or toden)

1. A toad (dry-skinned member of the order Anura)
2. The toad seen as a foul, devilish, and vile animal.
3. (rare, derogatory) A sinner; a nasty or loathsome person.
4. (rare, alchemy) The remnants of an element used in alchemical transmutation.

Descendants

• English: toad
• Scots: tade, taid, taed, ted

References

• “t?de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-29.

English

Etymology 1

From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

Noun

tole (countable and uncountable, plural toles)

1. (uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
2. (uncommon) tola (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).

Verb

tole (third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)

1. (archaic) To entice; to allure or attract.

   It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...

   • 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1797, The works of John Locke Esq, Volume III, page 52,

     And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repre?ented as dangerous than really are ?o ; and then, that whatever you ob?erve him to be more frighted at than he ?hould, you be ?ure to tole him on to by in?en?ible Degrees, till he at la?t, quitting his Fears, ma?ters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applau?e.

Alternative forms

• toll

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tole (uncountable)

1. (historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.

Etymology 4

Verb

tole

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, and some dialects of England) simple past tense and past participle of tell

   I done tole you for the last time.

Anagrams

• ELOT, LOTE, Leto, lote, telo-

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German dol?n (“to endure”), from Proto-Germanic *þul?n? (“to bear, endure”).

Verb

tole (Uri)

1. to tolerate
2. to endure

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 21.

Latvian

Noun

tole f (5th declension)

1. A female cow without horns (see Polled livestock at Wikipedia)
2. (by extension, derogatory) A woman lacking in initiative

Usage notes

• This word is rather old and is not widely used in the modern language.

Lindu

Noun

tole

1. urine

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English t?l.

Noun

tole

1. Alternative form of tool (“tool”)

Etymology 2

From Old English tyllan.

Verb

tole

1. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tola

Etymology

From Old Norse þola

Verb

tole (present tense toler, past tense tolte, past participle tolt, passive infinitive tolast, present participle tolande, imperative tol)

1. to bear, endure, stand, tolerate

   Dei toler ikkje synet av kvarandre. - They can't stand the sight of each other.

See also

• tåle (Bokmål)

References

• “tole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.