bliþe

See also: bliye, blithe, and Blithe

Old English

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 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (bleiþs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliː.θe/, [ˈbliː.ðe]

Adjective

blīþe (comparative blīþra, superlative blīþost)

1. 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?

2. gentle

Declension

Declension of blīþe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
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

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blīþa	blīþe	blīþe
Accusative	blīþan	blīþan	blīþe
Genitive	blīþan	blīþan	blīþan
Dative	blīþan	blīþan	blīþan
Instrumental	blīþan	blīþan	blīþan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blīþan	blīþan	blīþan
Accusative	blīþan	blīþan	blīþan
Genitive	blīþra, blīþena	blīþra, blīþena	blīþra, blīþena
Dative	blīþum	blīþum	blīþum
Instrumental	blīþum	blīþum	blīþum

Derived terms

• blīþelīċe

Descendants

• English: blithe