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blíþe

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§126; §434; §438; §553;
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cheerful, &c.
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  • Blíþe

    letus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 36:

    alacris,

    • 287, 66
      • .
of persons,
feeling gladness
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  • Ꝥ hié ealle þá blíðe móde

    (alacri animo)

    lustlíce healdan woldan,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Sch. 375, 15
      • :
    • Bl. H. 39, 4
      • :
    • 7, 1
      • .

  • Oft gebyreð ðætte sume bióð tó ungemetlíce blíðe for sumum gesǽlðum

    plerumque quis laetae nimis conspersionis existit,

    • Past. 455, 8
      • .

  • Wǽron þá burgware tó þon fægene and tó þon blíðe þæt hié feohtan móston,

    • Ors. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 222, 4
      • .

  • Blíþum

    uoti compotibus, i. letis,

    • An. Ox. 809.

  • Mycele blíþre bið seó sáwl,

    • Bl. H. 41, 30.
gladat, of (with gen.) :--
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  • Gehwylc sý blýðe þæs þe him æt his cyrcan cume,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 410, 34
      • .

  • Gehýrdon gehwilce hálige englas singan, blíðe þæs hálgan tócymes,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 518, 9
      • .
well-disposed to, ready for; alacer (ad) :--
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  • Þá cempan hét Claudius heáfde beceorfan . . . , and hié wǽron blíðran tó ðám deáðe þonne hý hér on hǽðengilde lifden,

    • Shrn. 132, 12
      • .
in encouraging exclamations:
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  • Beó blíþe

    euge,

    • An. Ox. 56, 134
      • .

  • Ealle blíðe

    cuncti euax,

    • 14.
of things,
expressing gladness
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  • Hí blíþre stefne cégdon,

    • Bl. H. 89, 30
      • .

  • Hit frán blíþum wordum,

    • Bt. 3, 1
      • ;
    • F. 4, 28
      • .

  • Seó Gesceádwísnes him blíþum eágum on lócude,

    • 5, 1
      • ;
    • F. 8, 25
      • .
gentle, &c.
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  • Milde ł blíðe ł bilwit

    simplex,

    • Lk. L. 11, 34
      • :
    • p. 7, 9
      • :
    • Mt. L. 6, 23
      • :

    mansuetus,

    • 21, 5.

  • Hé feól tó his fótum, and bæd ꝥ hé him blíþe wǽre

    (ut sibi placatus esset),

    • Bd. 3, 14
      • ;
    • Sch. 259, 3, 13
      • .

  • Hwæþer hí ealle smylte mód and bútan eallum incan blíðe tó him hæfdon . . . and hí hine bǽdon, ꝥ hé him eallum blíðe wǽre

    (placidam erga ipsos mentem habere),

    • 4, 24
      • ;
    • Sch. 490, 5-13
      • .

  • Se cásere hét sendan hine of bendum, and him þá blíðe wæs,

    • Hml, S. 3, 197
      • .

  • Ꝥ þú þám godum offrige, ꝥ hí þé blýðe beón,

    • 4, 131
      • .

  • Wosas gé blíðo ł mildo

    (simplices)

    suǽ culfre,

    • Mt. L. 10, 16
      • .

  • Blíþe word

    delenifica,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 61
      • .

  • Hié wilniað ðæt wé him geðwǽre sién, and hié ús ðe blíðran beón mægen,

    • Past. 255, 2
      • .
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “blíþe.” 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/40587.

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