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Old English · adjective

bliþe

Normalised blīþe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈbliː.θe/
[ˈbliː.ðe]
Syllables
ˈbliː · θe (2 syllables)
Modern English
happyblithe

Meaning

  1. happy

    Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

    If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

  2. gentle

Declension

Strong declension of bliþe
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative blīþeblīþublīþoblīþe
Accusative blīþneblīþeblīþe
Genitive blīþesblīþreblīþes
Dative blīþumblīþreblīþum
Instrumental blīþeblīþreblīþe
Plural
Nominative blīþeblīþablīþeblīþublīþo
Accusative blīþeblīþablīþeblīþublīþo
Genitive blīþrablīþrablīþra
Dative blīþumblīþumblīþum
Instrumental blīþumblīþumblīþum
Weak declension of bliþe
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative blīþablīþeblīþe
Accusative blīþanblīþanblīþe
Genitive blīþanblīþanblīþan
Dative blīþanblīþanblīþan
Instrumental blīþanblīþanblīþan
Plural
Nominative blīþanblīþanblīþan
Accusative blīþanblīþanblīþan
Genitive blīþrablīþenablīþrablīþenablīþrablīþena
Dative blīþumblīþumblīþum
Instrumental blīþumblīþumblīþum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blīþī. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian blīthe, blīde, Old Saxon blīdi, Old Dutch blīthi (in placenames), Old High German blīdi, Old Norse blíðr (Danish blid, Faroese blíður, Icelandic blíður), Gothic (bleiþs).

Descendants

blithe

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