milde

See also: Milde

English

Adjective

milde (comparative milder, superlative mildest)

1. Obsolete spelling of mild.
   • 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:

     M. Wotton, a man milde of nature, with soft voice, and fewe wordes, inclined to M. Secretaries iudgement, and said, in mine opinion, the Scholehouse should be in deede, as it is called by name, the house of playe and pleasure, and not of feare and bondage: and as I do remember, so saith Socrates in one place of Plato.

Anagrams

• MEDLI, elmid, limed, melid

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

milde

1. inflection of mild:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Esperanto

Etymology

milda +‎ -e

Adverb

milde

1. mildly, gently

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

milde

1. Alternative form of mild (Still common in the sense of merciful, otherwise obsolete.)
2. inflection of mild:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle English

Noun

milde

1. Alternative form of mile (“millet”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

milde

1. definite singular of mild
2. plural of mild

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

milde

1. definite singular of mild
2. plural of mild

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“gentle, mild”).

Akin to Old Frisian milde, Middle Dutch milde (Dutch mild), Old High German milti (German mild), Old Norse mildr, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (mildiþa, “kindness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmil.de/, [ˈmiɫ.de]

Adjective

milde (superlative mildust)

1. mild, gentle, kind, merciful, generous; meek

Declension

Declension of milde — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	milde	mildu, mildo	milde
Accusative	mildne	milde	milde
Genitive	mildes	mildre	mildes
Dative	mildum	mildre	mildum
Instrumental	milde	mildre	milde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	milde	milda, milde	mildu, mildo
Accusative	milde	milda, milde	mildu, mildo
Genitive	mildra	mildra	mildra
Dative	mildum	mildum	mildum
Instrumental	mildum	mildum	mildum

Declension of milde — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	milda	milde	milde
Accusative	mildan	mildan	milde
Genitive	mildan	mildan	mildan
Dative	mildan	mildan	mildan
Instrumental	mildan	mildan	mildan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mildan	mildan	mildan
Accusative	mildan	mildan	mildan
Genitive	mildra, mildena	mildra, mildena	mildra, mildena
Dative	mildum	mildum	mildum
Instrumental	mildum	mildum	mildum

Derived terms

• mildelīċ
• mildelīċe
• mildheort
• mildheortlīċe
• mildheortness
• milts
• Mildþryþ (“female personal name”)

Descendants

• Middle English: milde
  • Scots: mild, myld
  • English: mild

Swedish

Adjective

milde

1. definite natural masculine singular of mild