Middle English Dictionary Entry
unmīld-heort adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unmīld-heort adj. Also (acc.) unmildheortne. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Merciless, pitiless.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)7/24 : Wa þære þeode, þe hæfð ælðeodigne cyng, ungemetfæstne, feohgeorne & unmildheortne, for on þære þeode byð his gitsung & his modes gnornung on his earde.