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bletsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
bletsian, bletsigan; part. bletsiende, bletsigende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§300; §536; §659;
To BLESS, wish happiness, consecrate; benedicere, consecrare
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  • Ic Ismael éstum wille bletsian

    I will bless Ishmael with favours,

      Cd. 107; Th. 142, 5; Gen. 2357: 191; Th. 238, 23; Dan. 359; Gen. 17, 16.

  • He, bletsiende [bletsigende, Jun.], bræc ða hláfas, and sealde his leorningcnihtum

    he, blessing, brake the loaves, and gave to his disciples,

      Mt. Bos. 14, 19.

  • Ic bletsie ealle ða ðe hit healden

    I bless all who may observe it,

      Chr. 675; Erl. 39, 25.

  • Ic bletsige oððe wel secge

    benedico,

      Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 38.

  • Ic bletsige ðé on mínum lífe

    benedicam te in vita mea,

      Ps. Lamb. 62, 5: Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 22; Gú. 580.

  • Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast

    benedices coronæ anni benignitatis tuæ,

      Ps. Th. 64, 12.

  • We ðec bletsiaþ, Fæder ælmihtig

    we bless thee, Father almighty,

      Cd. 192; Th. 241, 6; Dan. 400: Exon. 64 b; Th. 239, 12; Ph. 620: Ps. Lamb. 128, 8.

  • Ðú bletsodest [bletsadest, Th.] Drihten eorþan ðíne

    benedixisti Domine terram tuam,

      Ps. Spl. 84, 1.

  • He bletsode hí

    benedicebat eos,

      Mk. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Spl. 106, 38.

  • Mid heora múþe híg bletsodon, and mid heora heortan híg wergdon

    ore suo benedicebant, et corde suo maledicebant,

      Ps. Lamb. 61, 5.

  • Hí hine bletsadon meáglum wordum

    they blessed him in strenuous words,

      Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 6; Gú. 705.

  • Bletsa eálá ðú mín sáwl Drihtne

    benedic anima mea Domino,

      Ps. Lamb. 103, 1.

  • Bletsiaþ Drihtne ealle englas his

    benedicite Domino omnes angeli ejus,

      102, 20.

  • Neáta gehwilc naman bletsic

    every [kind] of cattle bless [thy] name,

      Cd. 192; Th. 240, 22; Dan. 390.

  • Bletsien ðec, Dryhten, deór and nýten

    beasts and cattle bless thee, O Lord,

      Exon. 55 a; Th. 194, 26; Az. 144.
Etymology
[Chauc. blisse, blysse: Wyc. blisse: Laym. bletseiȝen: Orm. blettcenn, blettsenn: Northumb. bletsia, bloetsia, bloedsia: Icel. bleza, bletza, blessa: Goth. bleiþs merciful, kind, bleiþyan to have mercy.]
Derived forms
DER. ge-bletsian.
Linked entries
v.  bledsian bletsung.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bletsian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4663.

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