Ge-miltsian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-miltsian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-miltsian
- Add: I. to take pity on :-- Gemiltsige miserescat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 26. (1) the object a person, (a) with dat. :-- Þám ábryrdum hé gemilseþ contritis (corde) miserescit, An. Ox. 4124. Drihten him gemiltsode (-mildsode, ), 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. (b) with gen. :-- 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. (2) the object a thing, to pardon, be lenient to sin :-- Ðú gemildsast synne mínre pro-pitiaberis peccato meo, Ps. Rdr. 24, ii. II. to make mild :-- Gemiltsa þín mód mé tó góde, sile þíne áre þínum earminge, Hy. 2, 2. ge-miltsian