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ge-bletsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to hallow, consecrate
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  • Fiscas gebledsade (

    benedixit

    ),
      Mt. L. 14, 19.

  • Hé wæs gebletsod and tó his cinestóle áhofen,

      Chr. 795; P. 57, 18.

  • Stígand preóst wæs gebletsod tó biscope tó Eást-Englum,

      1042; P. 163, 22.

  • Mid gebletsudum wætere

    benedicta aqua,

      Angl. xiii. 395, 435.

  • Geblesedum, 413, 685. I a.

    to make the sign of the cross upon

    an object :-- Eallum Cristenum mannum is beboden ꝥ hí ealne heora líchoman seofon síþum gebletsian mid Crístes róde tácne,
      Bl. H. 47, 15, 12.

  • Hí ne cunnon ðone geleáfan, ne eác hí gebletsian,

      Hml. S. 5, 238.
to call holy, adore
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  • Þé gebletsige . . . weorca gehwilc,

      Dan. 363.
  • Drihten sí gebletsad. Ps. Th. 65, 18.

  • Gebledsod,

      An. 540.

  • Sí Godes nama écelíce gebletsod,

      Ll. Th. i. 374, 33.

  • Ðú eart gebletsod God,

      Ll. Lbmn. 415, 33.
to prosper, favour, benefit
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  • Þú gebletsudest bearn Israhéla, Aarones hús eác geblet*-*sadest

    Dominus benedixit domui Israel, benedixit domui Aaron,

      Ps. Th. 113, 21.

  • Þá gebletsode Metod þá forman twá,

      Gen. 192.
  • Gebletsade, 1505.

  • Ús gebletsa,

      Ps. Th. 66, Gebletsige ús Drihten, 6.

  • Sí gebletsod (gebloedsad,

      L.) ꝥ ríce, Mk. ii. 10.

  • Gebledsod,

      An. 524.

  • Wes þú gebletsod; for þon se wæstm þínes innoþes is gebletsad,

      Bl. H. 5, 4.

  • Ealle úre eorþan wæstmas beóþ gebletsode,

      51, 13. v. un*-*gebletsod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47285.

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