† i-milcei-milsev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To have mercy upon, pardon.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > have mercy upon
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to have (also take) mercy on (also upon, of)a1225
to show (also do) mercy (to)a1225
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to take to (also into) mercy1523
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to give (or cut) (a person) some slack1968
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 34 Ða ge-miltsode he him.
c1000 Ags. Ps. lvi. 1 (Bosw.) gemiltsa me God gemiltsa min.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Bute we inwarliche imilcien and forȝeuen þan monne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8403 I-milze [c1300 Otho milce] þu Octa & his iueren..ȝif heo wulleð Cristindom..vnder-fon.
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