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ge-bletsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-bletsian, -bledsian ; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bletsian to bless]
To bless, consecrate; benedīcĕre, consecrāre
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  • Ic ðé gebletsige

    benedīcam tibi,

    • Gen. 12, 2, 3: 17, 16
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  • Ic wát, ðæt se biþ gebletsod, ðe ðú gebletsast

    nōvi ĕnim, quod benedictus sit, cui benedixĕris,

    • Num. 22, 6
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  • Gebletsode Romulus mid his bróðor blóde ðone weall

    Romulus blessed [consecrated] the wall [of Rome] with his brother's blood,

    • Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 5
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  • God gebletsode ðone seofeðan dæg and hine gehálgode

    Deus benedixit diei septĭmo et sanctĭfĭ;cāvit illum,

    • Gen. 2, 3: 5, 2: 24, 1
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  • Ðú gebletsadest bearn Israhéla

    benedixit dŏmui Israel,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 21
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  • Miltsa us mihtig Drihten, and us on móde eác gebletsa nú

    Deus misereātur nostri, et benedīcat nōbis,

    • 66, 1
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  • Ðæt ǽnig preóst ne forlǽte ða circan ðe he to gebletsod wæs

    that no priest forsake the church to which he was consecrated,

    • L. Edg. C. 8; Th. ii. 246, 8
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  • Sý gebletsod se ðe com on Drihtenes naman

    benedictus qui vēnit in nomine Domĭni,

    • Mt. Bos. 21, 9: 23. 39
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  • Ðú gebletsad eart

    thou art blessed,

    • Cd. 192; Th. 241, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 406: 83; Th. 105, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1752
      • .
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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/13708.

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