Middle English Dictionary Entry
smilte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | smilte adj. |
| Etymology | OE smylte |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Quiet, still, gentle.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)6/16 : Ne treowwe þu na smylte wætere..Oft stille wæter staðe brecað.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)65/19 : Augustinus sæde..þæt nan mann ne mihte..Godes..bebodan fullice healden, bute se þe smylte mod hæfde.