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† unˈmild, a. Obs.
[OE. unmilde (un-1 7), = MDu. onmilde (obs. Du. onmild), OHG. unmilti (MHG. unmilte, unmilde, G. unmild), ON. úmild-r (MSw. omilder, Sw. omild, MDa., Da., and Norw. umild), Goth. unmild-s unkind.]
1. Not mild or gentle; harsh, rough, unkind.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. ii. (1890) 100 Ᵹif he þonne is unmilde & oferhyᵹdiᵹ, þonne is þæt cuð þæt he nis of Gode. c1200Ormin 9880 Hæþenn lif & hæþenn follkess herrte Iss harrd & starrc all allse stan, Unnmeoc & all unnmilde. a1250Owl & Night. 61 Ich wot þat þu art unmilde Wiþ hom þat ne muȝe from þe schilde. a1290Beket 1460 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 148 Ovt of Engelonde he let heom driue:..muche was he on-milde! a1340Hampole Psalter cxlvi. 6 Synful men þat ere sharpe and vnmyld and contrary. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. x. (Bodl. MS.), Þe crowe..is a iangelingge brid vnmylde [L. impia], and greuous to men. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 281 Bolys ful vnmylde, with brasen feet, ramegous and wylde. 1482Monk of Evesham l. (Arb.) 100 Sche was only to her cosynis ryghte gastful and on mylde. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 113 b, Eschewe the occasyons of testynes or hastynes, and other vnmylde behauour. 1558T. Phaer æneid iv. K iij, Some Tigres thee did nurse, and gaue to thee their milke unmild. 1611Florio, Immite, vnmilde, cruel.
2. Harsh of taste.
1566Drant Horace, Sat. iii. G j, Eatinge most bitter rootes and leaves, unmilde unto the taste.
Hence † unˈmildness. Obs.
1570Drant Two Serm. I viij, Mildnes to some is oft tymes vnmildnes and crueltie to many other. 1611Florio, Immitezza, vnmildenesse, cruelty. 1644Milton Divorce (ed. 2) ii. vii. 46 The unmildnesse of Evangelick grace shall turn servant to declare the grace and mildnesse of the rigorous Law. |