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ge-miltsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to take pity on
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  • Gemiltsige

    miserescat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 26.
the object a person,
with dat.
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  • Þám ábryrdum hé gemilseþ

    contritis (corde) miserescit,

      An. Ox. 4124.
  • Drihten him gemiltsode (-mildsode,

    v.l.

    ),
      Hml. S. 13, 266.
  • Hé gemilsade him

    misertus esi eis,

      Mt. L. 9, 36. ¶ in
    the passive the object of pity is in the dative :-- Nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðe má ðe ðám deóflum is. Hml. Th. i. 112, 18.
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  • Gemiltsa mín

    miserere mei,

      Ps. L. 50, i: Ps. Rdr. 56, l.
    God smeáde hú hé mihte his and ealles mancynnes gemiltsian, Hml. Th. i. 18, 35.
the object a thing,
to pardon, be lenient to sin
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  • Ðú gemildsast synne mínre

    pro-pitiaberis peccato meo,

      Ps. Rdr. 24, ii.
to make mild
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  • Gemiltsa þín mód mé tó góde, sile þíne áre þínum earminge,

      Hy. 2, 2.
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