† mildheadn.
Obsolete.
Mildness, mercifulness; meekness.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun]
mildnessOE
meeknessc1175
mildshipa1200
meekshipc1225
stillness?c1225
mildheadc1300
mansuetudec1390
mansuetiea1500
placidity1619
placidness1654
milkiness1692
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy
milceeOE
mildheartnesseOE
oreOE
mildheartlaikc1175
mercya1225
misericordc1230
pitya1250
gracec1300
mildheadc1300
milcefulnessa1333
pietya1350
tree of mercyc1375
miserationa1382
mildc1390
piteousnessa1393
miltha1400
milthnessa1400
blithec1400
mercifulnessc1429
misericordy1479
mildfulness1489
clemence1490
clemency1553
pardon1555
pitifulness1555
milk of human kindnessa1616
mussy1823
mild-heartedness1849
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]
sweetnessc1000
mildnessOE
lithenessc1175
mildshipa1200
softnessa1200
mildheadc1300
softheadc1350
mansuetudec1390
tendresse1390
tendernessa1400
gentleness?c1400
mansuetiea1500
suavitude1512
treatableness1526
placability1531
lenity1548
pleasableness1556
mollity1562
fair1599
lenitude1627
placableness1647
unaggressiveness1870
c1300 St. Theophilus (Laud) 108 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 291 (MED) Þat swete mayde [sc. the Virgin Mary] so hende cudde hire milde-hede and, fram heouene, to him a-doun gan wende.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 Þet is ariȝt pouerte of gost and midehede of herte.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xvii. N vii Yf myldehede is due to hym [sc. a prisoner].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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