Mildhearted
If one was to research the etymology of Mercy (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mercy) they would find it comes from the latin mercedem via the french mercit/merci. Merci has become a word of thanks in French having been superceded by misericorde.
What the etymology does not mention is the English word it replaced. For those who like to keep [...]
Posted at 12:05 am on June 8, 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: M - Words | Tagged: merciful, mercy, mildhearted, mildheartedness | read on
Thole
“Afterward a boy-child was born to Shield
a cub in the yard, a comfort sent
by God to that nation. He knew what they had THOLED.”
Seamus Heaney in his superb verse translation of Beowulf chose to use his rich Belfast dialect when translating the original Anglo-Saxon. English is a rich and diverse language taking words from [...]
Posted at 7:51 am on June 1, 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: T - Words | Tagged: Beowulf, Thole | read on
