mildr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, whence also Old English milde, Old Saxon mildi, Old High German milti, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (unmildeis).

Adjective

mildr (comparative mildari, superlative mildastr)

1. mild

Declension

    Strong declension of mildr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildr	mild	milt
accusative	mildan	milda	milt
dative	mildum	mildri	mildu
genitive	milds	mildrar	milds
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildir	mildar	mild
accusative	milda	mildar	mild
dative	mildum	mildum	mildum
genitive	mildra	mildra	mildra

    Weak declension of mildr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildi	milda	milda
accusative	milda	mildu	milda
dative	milda	mildu	milda
genitive	milda	mildu	milda
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildu	mildu	mildu
accusative	mildu	mildu	mildu
dative	mildum	mildum	mildum
genitive	mildu	mildu	mildu

    Declension of comparative of mildr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildari	mildari	mildara
accusative	mildara	mildari	mildara
dative	mildara	mildari	mildara
genitive	mildara	mildari	mildara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildari	mildari	mildari
accusative	mildari	mildari	mildari
dative	mildurum	mildurum	mildurum
genitive	mildari	mildari	mildari

    Strong declension of superlative of mildr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildastr	mildust	mildast
accusative	mildastan	mildasta	mildast
dative	mildustum	mildastri	mildustu
genitive	mildasts	mildastrar	mildasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildastir	mildastar	mildust
accusative	mildasta	mildastar	mildust
dative	mildustum	mildustum	mildustum
genitive	mildastra	mildastra	mildastra

    Weak declension of superlative of mildr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildasti	mildasta	mildasta
accusative	mildasta	mildustu	mildasta
dative	mildasta	mildustu	mildasta
genitive	mildasta	mildustu	mildasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mildustu	mildustu	mildustu
accusative	mildustu	mildustu	mildustu
dative	mildustum	mildustum	mildustum
genitive	mildustu	mildustu	mildustu

Derived terms

• mildgeðr

Descendants

• Danish: mild
• Faroese: mildur
• Icelandic: mildur
• Norwegian: mild
• Swedish: mild

References

• “mildr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press