"bletsian" meaning in Old English

See bletsian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbleːt.si.ɑn/
Etymology: From earlier blēdsian, blœ̄dsian, from Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, flourish, bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bletza (“to bless”), whence Icelandic blessa. Equivalent to blōd + -sian. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*blōdisōn||to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood}} Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*blōþą||blood}} Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-||to thrive, flourish, bloom}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, flourish, bloom”), {{cog|non|bletza||to bless}} Old Norse bletza (“to bless”), {{cog|is|blessa}} Icelandic blessa, {{af|ang|blōd|-sian}} blōd + -sian Head templates: {{ang-verb|blētsian}} blētsian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|blētsian<w2>}} Forms: blētsian [canonical], weak [table-tags], blētsian [infinitive], blētsienne [infinitive], blētsiġe [first-person, present, singular], blētsode [first-person, past, singular], blētsast [present, second-person, singular], blētsodest [past, second-person, singular], blētsaþ [present, singular, third-person], blētsode [past, singular, third-person], blētsiaþ [plural, present], blētsodon [past, plural], blētsiġe [present, singular], blētsode [past, singular], blētsiġen [plural, present], blētsoden [past, plural], blētsa [imperative, past, present, singular], blētsiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], blētsiende [imperative, present], blētsod [imperative, past], ġeblētsod [imperative, past]
  1. to bless, to consecrate Synonyms: blētsiġan, blēdsian, blœ̄dsian, blœ̄tsian Derived forms: blētsung, ġeblētsian
    Sense id: en-bletsian-ang-verb-jFNFsXFK Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms suffixed with -sian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "blessen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: blessen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: blessen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bless"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bless",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bless"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "bliss"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: bliss",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: bliss"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*blōdisōn",
        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blōþą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blood"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to thrive, flourish, bloom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, flourish, bloom”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bletza",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to bless"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bletza (“to bless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "blessa"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic blessa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "blōd",
        "3": "-sian"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeblētsod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blētsian"
      },
      "expansion": "blētsian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blētsian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -sian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "blētsung"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġeblētsian"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bless, to consecrate"
      ],
      "id": "en-bletsian-ang-verb-jFNFsXFK",
      "links": [
        [
          "bless",
          "bless"
        ],
        [
          "consecrate",
          "consecrate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blētsiġan"
        },
        {
          "word": "blēdsian"
        },
        {
          "word": "blœ̄dsian"
        },
        {
          "word": "blœ̄tsian"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbleːt.si.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bletsian"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blētsung"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeblētsian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "blessen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: blessen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: blessen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bless"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bless",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bless"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "bliss"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: bliss",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: bliss"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*blōdisōn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blōþą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blood"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, flourish, bloom”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bletza",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to bless"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bletza (“to bless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "blessa"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic blessa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "blōd",
        "3": "-sian"
      },
      "expansion": "blōd + -sian",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier blēdsian, blœ̄dsian, from Proto-West Germanic *blōdisōn (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, flourish, bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bletza (“to bless”), whence Icelandic blessa. Equivalent to blōd + -sian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blētsian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blētsod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeblētsod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blētsian"
      },
      "expansion": "blētsian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blētsian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms suffixed with -sian",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bless, to consecrate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bless",
          "bless"
        ],
        [
          "consecrate",
          "consecrate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbleːt.si.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blētsiġan"
    },
    {
      "word": "blēdsian"
    },
    {
      "word": "blœ̄dsian"
    },
    {
      "word": "blœ̄tsian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bletsian"
}

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