thedom

Middle English

Alternative forms

theedom, thedome, thedam

Etymology

From theen (“to prosper”) +‎ -dom.

Noun

thedom

success; fortune; luck.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shypmans Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
  What! yvel thedom on his monkes snoute!
  What! May misfortune fall upon this monk's snout!