† i-milce, -milse, v. Obs.
Also imilze.
[OE. ᵹemiltsian, f. miltsian f. milts mildness, mercy: see milce.]
trans. To have mercy upon, pardon.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xx. 34 Ða ᵹe-miltsode he him. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Spelm.) lvi. 1 (Bosw.) ᵹemiltsa me God ᵹemiltsa min. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Bute we inwarliche imilcien and forȝeuen þan monne. c 1205 Lay. 16837 Imilze þu Octa & his iueren..ȝif heo wulleð cristindom..vnder-fon. |