bliþe
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *blīþī.
Cognates
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
blīþe (comparative blīþra, superlative blīþost)
- happy
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- 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
- gentle
Declension edit
Declension of blīþe — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | blīþe | blīþu, blīþo | blīþe |
Accusative | blīþne | blīþe | blīþe |
Genitive | blīþes | blīþre | blīþes |
Dative | blīþum | blīþre | blīþum |
Instrumental | blīþe | blīþre | blīþe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | blīþe | blīþa, blīþe | blīþu, blīþo |
Accusative | blīþe | blīþa, blīþe | blīþu, blīþo |
Genitive | blīþra | blīþra | blīþra |
Dative | blīþum | blīþum | blīþum |
Instrumental | blīþum | blīþum | blīþum |
Declension of blīþe — Weak
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: blithe