bliþe
See also: bliye and blithe
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blīþiz. Cognate with Old Frisian blīd-, Old Saxon blīdi (Dutch blijde), Old High German blīdi, Old Norse blíðr (Danish blid, Faroese blíður, Icelandic blíður), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbliːθe/, [ˈbliːðe]
Adjective
blīþe (comparative blīþra, superlative blīþost)
- clement, gentle
- Wese us beorhtnes ofer bliðan Drihtnes ures.
- Let the brightness of our gentle Lord be over us.
- Wese us beorhtnes ofer bliðan Drihtnes ures.
- glad, happy
- Wæs Iethro bliðe for eallum ðam þingum, ðe Drihten dyde Israhela folce.
- Jethro was glad for all the things the Lord did for the people of Israel.
- Wæs Iethro bliðe for eallum ðam þingum, ðe Drihten dyde Israhela folce.
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
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| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | blīþa | blīþe | blīþe | blīþan | nom. | blīþe | blīþe | blīþu | blīþe | blīþu, -e | blīþa, -e | ||
| accusative | blīþan | blīþe | blīþan | acc. | blīþne | blīþe | blīþe | blīþe | blīþu, -e | blīþa, -e | |||
| genitive | blīþan | blīþra, blīþena | gen. | blīþes | blīþes | blīþre | blīþra | ||||||
| dative | blīþan | blīþum | dat. | blīþum | blīþum | blīþre | blīþum | ||||||
| instrumental | blīþe | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- blīþelīċe
Descendants
- English: blithe