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MILDE

  • adjective
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Grammar
MILDE, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§300; §434; §553;
MILD, gentle, meek, benign, liberal(?)
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  • Se wæs milde wer and monþwǽre

    vir omnium mansuetissimus ac simplicissimus,

    • Bd. 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 603, 35.

  • Heora cining cynseþ milde and monþwǽre (

    mansuetus,

    cf.
    • Mt. 21, 5
      • ),
    • Blickl. Homl. 71, 4.

  • Ic eom milde and eáþmódre heortan

    mitis sum et humilis corde,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S, 503, 4.

  • Ðæt milde mód Guthlac ), (

    • Exon. 43 b
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 711.

  • Of árfæstre heortan and mildre,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 27.

  • Milde

    mitia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 43.

  • Spræc mildum wordum,

    • Beo. Th. 2348
      • ;
    • B. 1172.

  • Mildre

    indulgentior,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
      • ;
    • Som. 44, 49.

  • Manna mildost Moses ), (

    • Cd. 170
      • ;
    • Th. 213, 8
      • ;
    • Exod. 549.

  • Cwǽdon ðæt hé wǽre manna mildust and monþwǽrost

    they said that he was kindest and most courteous of men,

    • Beo. Th. 6344
      • ;
    • B. 3182.

  • Se leó gewát swá swá ðæt mildoste lamb,

    • Glostr. Frag. 110, 22.
of the more towards the less powerful, merciful, clement, propitious
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  • Biddende ðæt Drihten him árfæst and milde wǽre

    Dominum sibi propitium fieri precabatur,

    • Bd. 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 610, 31.

  • God beó ðú milde (

    propitius

    )

    mé synfullum,

    • Lk. Skt. 18, 13: Ps. Lamb. 98, 8: Blickl. Homl. 47, 32.

  • Mé milde weorþ

    miserere mei,

    • Ps. Th. 56, 1
      • .

  • His milde gehigd

    misericordia sua,

    • 56, 4.

  • Cyning cystum gód, clǽne and milde (

    clement

    ),
    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • Erl. 199, 6.

  • Ðam mildestan cyninge Wihtrǽde ríxigendum

    in the reign of the most clement king Wihtræd,

    • L. Wih. pref.
      • ;
    • Th. i. 36, 4.
Etymology
[
Goth. milds
:
O. Sax. mildi
:
O. Frs. milde
:
Icel. mildr mild; also munificent
:
O. H. Ger. milti mansuetus, largus, munificus.
]
Similar entries
v. un-milde.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “MILDE.” 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/22865.

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