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bletsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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bletsian, (from blédsian, bloedsian).
Wright's OE grammar
§300; §536; §659;
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to hallow, consecrate
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  • Genom se Hǽlend hláf and bletsade,

    • Mt. R. 26, 26
      • .

  • Bloedsade,

    • Mk. L. 14, 22.
to make the sign of the crossas a protection against evil :--
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  • Gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung,

    • Hml. S. 21, 469
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  • Ah ne bloedsade (bletsadon, R.) ué úsic l ué sæguade úsic,

    • Jn. L. 8, 48.

  • Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian,

    • Hml. 27, 155
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  • Þæt sum orfcyn sý þe man bletsigan ne sceole,

    • Hml. Th. i. 100, 30
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  • Wæter gihálsia, bloetsia

    aquam exorcizare, benedicere,

    • Rtl. 119, 7
      • .
to call holy, adore
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  • Mec gié bledtsiges,

    • Jn. L. 13, 13
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  • Hé bletsode Drihten,

    • Bl. H. 245, 32.

  • Biedsiað noman his,

    • Ps. Srt. 95, 2.
to invoke divine favour upon
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  • Þæt ic þé bletsige,

    • Gen. 27, 4
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  • Isaac bletsode hine,

    • 28, 1
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  • Bletsiað (bloedsas, L.) þá ðe eów wiriað,

    • Lk. 6, 28
      • .
to speak gratefully of a person
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  • Eal rihtgelýfed folc sceal hine (St. John) bletsian,

    • Bl. H. 167, 14
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to benefit, prosper
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  • Ðonne ðú bledsas

    (benefeceris)

    him,

    • Ps. Srt. 48, 19
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  • Drihten bletsode his ǽhta,

    • Gen. 39, 5
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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/40563.

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