blisful
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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.