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milts

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
milts, milds, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§300; §376;
mildness, kindness, favour, mercy (most commonly with reference to the Deity)
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  • Mid ðec milds is

    apud te propitiatio est,

    • Ps. Surt. 129, 4.

  • Ðonne wurþe ús eallum Godes milts ðé gearuwre,

    • L. C. E. 19
      • ;
    • Th. i. 372, 5: L. C. S. 85
      • ;
    • Th. i. 424, 23: Past. 44
      • ;
    • Swt. 325, 13.

  • Biþ ðǽr seó miccle milts áfyrred ... ðæs Ælmihtigan,

    • Exon. 28 a
      • ;
    • Th. 84, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 1371.

  • Ús wæs á syððan Merewioingas milts ungyfeþe,

    • Beo. Th. 5835
      • ;
    • B. 2919.

  • Þolige hé clǽnes legeres and Godes mildse,

    • L. N. P. L. 62
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 300, 19,

  • Ðú mid mildse mínre férest

    thou shalt depart with my favour,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3344
      • ;
    • An. 1676.

  • Hé Drihtnes mildheortnesse gecýgde and ða mildse bæd monna cynne

    misericordiam Domini invocaret, et eam generi humano propitiari rogaret,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 9.

  • Miltse gecýðan, onwreón,

      Blickl. Homl. 39, 23: 107, 2.

  • Hæbbe hé Godes miltse (mildse),

    • L. Eth. v. 9
      • ;
    • Th. i. 306, 20: L. N. P. L. 64
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 300, 24.

  • Gemyne mildsa ðínra

    reminiscere miserationum tuarum,

    • Ps. Surt. 24, 6: 68, 17
      • .

  • Secggan wé him þanc ealra his miltsa,

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 26: 109, 10.

  • Ásecggan ða miltsa ðe hé wið ðis mennisce cynn gecýðde,

    • 103, 19.

  • For his miltsum

    by his mercies,

    • Exon. 88 b
      • ;
    • Th. 333, 6
      • ;
    • Vy. 98: 42 a
      • ;
    • Th. 140, 16
      • ;
    • Gú. 611.
meekness, humility(?), joy(?),
(cf.
O. H. Ger. milti hilaritas
)
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  • Ðec Anananias and Azarias and Misahel miltsum [

    humbly(?), joyously(?)

    ]

    hergaþ;

    • Exon. 55 a
      • ;
    • Th. 195, 11
      • ;
    • Az. 154: Th. 194, 29
      • ;
    • Az. 146: 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 193, 8
      • ;
    • Az. 118.
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v.  milds.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “milts.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22890.

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