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ge-blissian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-blissian, part. -blissiende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blissian to rejoice] .
v. intrans.
To rejoice, be glad; lætāri, gaudēre
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  • Ðé gebýrede gewistfullian and geblissian

    epŭlāri et gaudēre oportēbat,

    • Lk. Bos. 15, 32
      • :
    • Jn. Bos. 5, 35
      • .

  • Geblissiaþ on Drihtne

    lætāmīni in Dŏmĭno,

    • Ps. Spl. 31, 14
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 5, 12
      • .
v. trans.
To maie to rejoice, gladden, fill with bliss, bless; lætĭficāre, benedīcĕre
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  • Rihtwísnyssa, Drihtnes rihte synt, geblissiende heortan

    justĭtiæ Dŏmĭni rectæ sunt, Iætĭfĭcantes corda,

    • Ps. Lamb. 18, 9
      • .

  • Ðú geblissast hine

    lætĭfĭcābis eum,

    • 20, 7
      • .

  • Pater Noster hálige geblissaþ

    the Pater Noster gladdens the holy,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 80
      • ;
    • Sal. 40
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 45, 4
      • .

  • Frófra ðíne geblissodon sáwle míne

    consōlātiōnes tuæ lætĭfĭcāvērunt anĭmam meam,

    • 93, 19
      • .

  • Ðú ðisne middangeard milde geblissa

    do thou kindly bless this mid-earth,

    • Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 249
      • .

  • Iudas wæs miclum geblissod

    Judas was greatly rejoiced,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1749
      • ;
    • El. 876: 2249
      • ;
    • El. 1126
      • .

  • Ðá wæs Gúþláces gǽst geblissad

    then was Guthlac's spirit gladdened,

    • Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 694: 56 a ; Th 198, 9
      • ;
    • Ph. 7
      • .

  • Eálá! heofoncund prýnes, bráde geblissad geond brytenwongas

    oh! heavenly Trinity, widely blessed over the spacious world!

    • 13 a; Th. 24, 5
      • ;
    • Cri. 380
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. i-blissed
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-blissian.” 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/13711.

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