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blis

  • noun [ feminine ]
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blis, bliss, blys, blyss, e; f. [contracted from blíþs, q. v. ]
BLISS, joy, gladness, exultation, pleasure; lætitia, gaudium, exultatio, beatitas
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  • Ne seó héhste blis nis on ðám flǽsclícum lustum

    the highest bliss is not in the fleshly lusts,

      Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 5: Ps. Spl. 29, 6.

  • On heofonum is singal blis

    in heaven is eternal bliss,

    Rood
      Kmbl. 280; Kr. 141: Exon. 18 b; Th. 47, 5; Cri. 750: 48 b; Th. 167, 5; Gú. 1055.

  • Ðanon com ǽrest cristendóm and blis fór Gode and fór worulde

    whence first came christianity and joy before God and before the world,

      Chr. 1011; Erl. 146, 22.

  • Ðú eart blis mín

    tu es exultatio mea,

      Ps. Spl. 31, 9.

  • Úre bliss on ánum ðé éce standeþ

    our bliss eternally remaineth in thee alone,

      Ps. Th. 86, 6.

  • Gehýrde he of hrófe ðære ylcan cyricean upp astígan ðone ylcan blisse song

    audivit ascendere de tecto ejusdem oratorii idem lætitiæ canticum,

      Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 2: Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 32: Andr. Kmbl. 2130; An. 1066.

  • Stefn blisse

    vox exultationis,

      Ps. Spl. 117, 15.

  • Þeówiaþ Drihtne on blisse, [and] insteppaþ oððe ingáþ on gesihþe his on blisse

    servite Domino in lætitia, [et] introite in conspectu ejus in exultatione,

      Ps. Lamb. 99, 2.

  • Ðis is se dæg ðæne Drihten worhte eádigum to blisse

    this is the day which the Lord made for joy to the blessed,

      Menol. Fox 125; Men. 62: Exon. 15 b; Th. 35, 2; Cri. 552.

  • Ðæt bearn bringeþ blisse ðé

    that infant [Christ] bringeth bliss to thee,

      Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 11; Cri. 68: Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 30; Edg. 56.

  • Ðú eart on heofonum blissa beorhtost

    thou art the brightest of joys in heaven,

      Hy. 7, 10; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 10: Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 15; Cri. 1257.

  • Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled

    the city-place was filled with joys,

      Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 11; Gú. 1291: 27 b; Th. 82, 31; Cri. 1347.

  • Blissum hrémig

    exulting in gladness,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2273; El. 1138: Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 18; Gú. 1079.
friendship, kindness, benevolence, grace; comitas, benignitas, benevolentia, gratia
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  • Hí me to wendon heora bacu bitere, and heora blisse from

    they turned their bitter backs on me, and [took] their friendship from [me],

      Bt. Met. Fox 2, 30; Met. 2, 15.

  • Þurh ðé eorþbúende ealle onfóþ blisse mínre and bletsunge

    through thee all dwellers upon earth shall receive my grace and blessing,

      Cd. 84; Th. 105, 30; Gen. 1761: 106; Th. 140, 21; Gen. 2331.
Etymology
[Laym. Orm. blisse.]
Derived forms
DER. heáh-blis, -bliss, woruld-.
Linked entries
v.  blíþs.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “blis.” 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/4686.

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