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mild-heort

  • adjective
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mild-heort, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§641;
kind-hearted, of gentle disposition, meek
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  • Leorniaþ æt mé forðon ðe ic eom mildheort and eáþmód (

    mitis et humilis corde,

    • Mt. 11, 29
      • ),
    • Blickl. Homl. 13, 19.

  • Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte and ælmesgeorne,

    • 95, 26.

  • Ðá weóp hé eác sylf ... swá hé wæs manna mildheortost,

    • 225, 23.
merciful, compassionate, gracious, clement
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  • Ðú God mildheort

    (misericors),

    • Ps. Spl. 85, 14:

    miserator,

    • 102, 8.

  • Beóþ mildheorte swá eówer fæder is mildheort,

    • Lk. Skt. 6, 36: Blickl, Homl. 97, 32.

  • Ðín mildheort mód

    misericordia tua,

    • Ps. Th. 107, 4.

  • Mid mildheortum weorcum

    with works of mercy,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 19.

  • Cyng ðú mildheortesta

    rex clementissime (Christ),

    • Hymn. Surt. 86, 29: Ors. 6, 30
      • ;
    • Bos. 126, 39 note.

  • Hé wæs eallra monna mildheortast

    he was most compassionate of all men,

    • 5, 12
      • ;
    • Swt. 242, 20.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. milt-herzi misericors.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mild-heort.” 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/22870.

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