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milse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
milse
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: milsen, miltsian, *mildisjō, *mildijaz, *(s)mel-

Usage

Inflected Forms

milses (present, singular) milsing (participle, present) milsed (participle, past) milsed (past)

Questions

What does milse mean?
To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.
Where does milse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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