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ge-miltsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-miltsian, -mildsian, -milsian; p. ode; pp. od.
to shew mercy, have compassion, to pity, pardon; mĭsĕrēri, propĭtiāri
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  • Ic gemiltsige ðysse menegu

    mĭsĕreor sŭper turbam,

    • Mk. Bos. 8, 2
      • :
    • Ælfc. Gr. 27
      • ;
    • Som. 29, 56
      • .

  • Árleásnýssum úrum ðú gemiltsast

    impietātĭbus nostris tu propĭtiābĕris,

    • Ps. Spl. 64, 3: 24, 12
      • .

  • Gemiltsode se Hǽlend him

    mĭsertus eōrum Jēsus,

    • Mt. Bos. 20, 34
      • .

  • Gemiltsa me God, gemiltsa mín

    mĭsĕrēre mei Deus, mĭsĕrēre mei,

    • Ps. Spl. 56, 1
      • :
    • 50, 1
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 118, 132
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú gemiltsige me

    that thou pardon me,

    • Hy. 3, 49
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 49
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú us gemiltsie

    that thou pity us,

    • Exon. 121 b
      • ;
    • Th. 465, 24
      • ;
    • Hö. 109
      • .

  • Gimildsa

    propitiare,

    • Rtl. 89, 40
      • .

  • Ðætte he gimilsage

    miserere,

    • 40, 19
      • .
to make mild, make kind, soften; propĭtium reddĕre, mītĭgāre
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  • Ðæt Pater Noster Metod gemiltsaþ

    the Pater Noster makes mild the Lord,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 81
      • ;
    • Sal. 41
      • .
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v.  miltsian ge-mildsian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-miltsian.” 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/15262.

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