blisful
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
blisful
- blissful, blessed
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 17-18.
- The hooly blisful martir for to seke
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.- The holy blessed martyr there to seek
Who helped them when they lay so ill and weak
- The holy blessed martyr there to seek
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 17-18.
Descendants edit
- English: blissful
References edit
- “blisful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.