mild, maidens mild, II, 312, 1; 314, C 1, D 1; 316, 1: meek, gentle, demure. So Mild Mary, II, 315, E 7; Mary(-ie) Mild, III, 395, M 1, 3; 396, N 1; 398 a, c 4; Mary Mile, III, 386, 5, 6, 8. Corrupted to Moil, IV, 507 b, S 2; Miles, IV, 511 a, 5. myld(e) Mary, of the Virgin, III, 97, 7, 17; 98, 35: lenient, compassionate. myld myȝth, V, [283], 13.
milk-dey, IV, 262, 26; 524, 6: dairy-woman.
mill, mille, IV, 503, 13; 505, 45; V, [221], 15, 16; [224], 25: mile.
millaine, I, 286, 42, 45: of Milan steel. See myllan.
mill-capon, II, 477 b, D 27: a poor person who asks charity at mills from those who have grain grinding, the alms usually given being a gowpen, or handful, of meal.
millering, II, 467, 42: waste meal, sweepings of a mill (dust [which] lyes in the mill, II, 470, 43).
mill-town, mill-toun, II, 471, 18; V, [238], 29: miller’s steading or place.
miln, I, 18, 11: mill.
milner, mylner, III, 85, 4; 360, 111: miller.
min. See mind.