Old English · noun
milts
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /milts/[miɫts]
- Syllables
- milts (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- favourmercymildness
Meaning
-
mercy, grace, kindness, favour, mildness
We gesne ne syn Godes þeodscipes, metodes miltsa
we are not lacking God's laws, the Maker's mercies. (Junius Exodus)
-
joy
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From miltsian. Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *mildissju, equivalent to milde + -s.
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