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Ge-miltsian

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p. ode; pp. od. I. to shew mercy, have compassion, to pity, pardon; mĭsĕrēri, propĭtiāri :-- 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. II. to make mild, make kind, soften; propĭtium reddĕre, mītĭgāre :-- Ðæt Pater Noster Metod gemiltsaþ the Pater Noster makes mild the Lord, Salm. Kmbl. 81; Sal. 41. ge-miltsian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛁᛚᛏᛋᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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