Middle English Dictionary Entry
blissen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | blissen v. Also blissien, bliscien, blessen. Ppl. i)blissed, blist. |
| Etymology | OE blissian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To be full of joy, rejoice; enjoy (oneself); be glad of (sth.), rejoice (in, on, of sth.); glory or exult (in sth.); -- (a) without obj.; (b) refl.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)67/14 : Þonne blisseð seo burh Corozaim.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/11 : Ylc blissæþ on oðres gode & on oðres murhðe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)444 : Þatt hise frend mihhtenn off himm All þess te mare blissenn.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)245 : He hit berð..to þara..falde blissiende..He..cweð. Blissiæð mid me.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)139 : Sunne dei blisseð to-gederes houeneware and horðeware.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)20/317 : Alle ha..þe blissið in heouene.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)32/291 : Þe eadi meidnes..feolohlukest wið ham [angels] blissin & gleadien.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)97b : Ȝef we þolieð wið him we schule blissin [vr. bliscen; Pep: blissy] wið him.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)478 : Þat ech god man his frond icnowe An blisse mid hom sume þrowe.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Ne mei nan mon..blissien him mid þisse wordle and ec wunian a wið crist on heofene.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)26/13 : Ich habbe sehen blisse & ich blissi me þrof.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)96a : We mote nede blissin [vr. bliscien; L gloriari; F enioir] us i ihesu cristes rode.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)96b : Blissið [vr. bliscieð; L letemini] ow & gleadieð.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)435 : Ech wiht..blisseþ [vr. blesseþ] hit wanne ich cume.
2.
(a) To make (sb.) rejoice, gladden (sb.) with (sth.); (b) i)blissed, gladdened, full of joy, joyous.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)233 : Si moder hire bearn..blissið be þe lichte..ȝiure drihte..blisseð hus mid dȝeies licht.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)71 : Mid alse fele frefringe þu hauest blissed min soule.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)93 : Þis dai [Easter] haueð ure drihten maked to gladien and to blissen us.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)19041 : Ich me wulle ræsten..to blissien [Otho: gladie] mire duȝeðe.
b
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)16/14 : Ða, ðe dauid þet ihyrde, ða wearð he mucel iblissod.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9885 : Þa wes þeos Bruttene swiþe iblissed.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27841 : Þa..þat folc wes al iblissed.