milse

English

Etymology

From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian (“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *mildisjō (“kindness”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts (“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde (“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild.

Verb

milse (third-person singular simple present milses, present participle milsing, simple past and past participle milsed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, Selim, limes, miles, misle, slime, smile

Irish

Alternative forms

• millse (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪl̠ʲʃə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish millse (“sweetness”).

Noun

milse f (genitive singular milse)

1. Synonym of milseacht (“sweetness; blandness, smoothness (of tongue), flattery”)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

milse

1. inflection of milis (“sweet”):
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “millse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83