different between milse vs misle

English

Etymology

From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian (“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *mildisj? (“kindness”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts (“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde (“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild.

Verb

milse (third-person singular simple present milses, present participle milsing, simple past and past participle milsed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, misle, slime, smile

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??l???/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish millse (“sweetness”).

Noun

milse f (genitive singular milse)

1. Synonym of milseacht (“sweetness; blandness, smoothness (of tongue), flattery”)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

milse

1. inflection of milis (“sweet”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Further reading

• "milse" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “millse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Etymology 1

Probably a blend of mist +? drizzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?z??/

Noun

misle (uncountable)

1. A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.

Verb

misle (third-person singular simple present misles, present participle misling, simple past and past participle misled)

1. To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.

Etymology 2

From misled, the standard irregular past tense of mislead, being misconstrued as *misle +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?z??/, /?m?z??/, /?m?s??/

Verb

misle (third-person singular simple present misles, present participle misling, simple past and past participle misled)

1. (nonstandard, rare or humorous) To mislead.

Further reading

• misle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, slime, smile

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

misle (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. third-person plural present of misliti