blitheadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/blʌɪð/, U.S.

/blaɪð/

Forms: Old English–Middle English blíðe, (Middle English bliht, bligh), Middle English bliþ(e, blyþe, ( bliȝe, Middle English blyde), Middle English–1600s blith, Middle English–1700s blyth, Middle English–1800s blythe, Middle English– blithe.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English blíðe = Old Saxon blîdi (Middle Dutch blîde, Dutch blijde, blij, Low German blide, blyde), Old High German blîdi (Middle High German blîde), Old Norse blíðr mild, gentle, kind, (Swedish, Danish blid), Gothic bleiþs kind, merciful < Germanic *blîþi-z; possibly < verbal stem *blî- to shine, but no cognates are known outside Germanic. The earlier application was to the outward expression of kindly feeling, sympathy, affection to others, as in Gothic and Old Norse; but in Old English the word had come more usually to be applied to the external manifestation of one's own pleased or happy frame of mind, and hence even to the state itself.

A. adj.

†1.

a. Exhibiting kindly feeling to others; kind, friendly, clement, gentle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective]

mildeOE

blitheOE

goodOE

well-willingOE

beina1200

goodfulc1275

blithefula1300

faira1300

benignc1320

gainc1330

sweetc1330

kinda1333

propicec1350

well-willeda1382

well-disposeda1393

well-hearteda1393

well-willinga1393

friendsomea1400

well-willya1400

charitablec1405

well-willed1417

good-heartedc1425

kindlyc1425

honeyed1435

propitious1440

affectuousc1441

willya1449

homelyc1450

benevolous1470

benigned1470

benevolent1482

favourousc1485

well-meaned1488

well-meaning1498

humanec1500

favourablec1503

affectionatea1516

well-mindedc1522

beneficial1526

propiciant1531

benignate1533

well-intendeda1535

beneficious1535

kind-hearted1535

well-given1535

affectioned1539

well-wishing1548

figgy?1549

good-meaning1549

affectedc1553

affectionated1561

well-natured1561

well-affected?1563

officious1565

well-inclined1569

good-natured1582

partial1587

graceful?1593

well-intentioned1598

beneficent1616

candid1633

kindlike1637

benefic1641

kindly-hearted1762

well-meant1765

benignanta1782

sweet-hearted1850

OE Cynewulf Elene 1317 Him bið engla weard milde ond bliðe.

c1340 Alex. & Dind. 624 God is spedeful in speche Boþ blessed & blyþe.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2342 Your biddyng to obey, as my blithe fader.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miv^v/1 Blythe.., blandus.

†b. figurative. (Of the waves.) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1000 Ags. Psalter cvi[i]. 28 Þa yða swygiað, bliðe weorþaþ.

a. Exhibiting gladness: jocund, merry, sprightly, gay, mirthful. In ballads frequently coupled with gay. Rare in modern English prose or speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

golikc1175

lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

jovial1607

jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

chirpinga1637

jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

OE Cynewulf Crist II 739 þa wæs engla þreat on þa halgan tid hleahtre bliþe wynnum geworden.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11066 Quen iohn was born, þat ilk siþe, His frendes was ful gladd and bliþe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7255 Quils þai war blithes [t] at þat fest.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 223 Ȝhe birdis blyth as bellis.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Blith, merry, frolicke, joyfull.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 So bucksom, blith, and debonair.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 199 Magnificent, and blithe, the Suitors come.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xliii. 277 Emily; good girl! quite recovered, and blyth as a bird.

1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) II. viii. 53 Forth we instantly sallied, so blythe and so gay.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 133 Thus Brides again and Bridegrooms blithe shall kneel.

b. transferred of things. (More common.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of things, places, or seasons

blithea1300

jocund?c1380

mirthful?a1513

gaysome1598

mirthsome1841

a1300 Cursor Mundi 828 Alle blurded þat was for-wit bliþe.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 155 With blyþe blaunner ful bryȝt.

1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret v. i. sig. I3^v A bonny countenance and a blith.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. x. 31 A blythe salute, in martial sort, The minstrels well might sound.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xiii. 136 The rightful gayety of those blithe early years.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. iv. 123 Blithe sounds of festal music.

3. Of men, their heart, spirit, etc.: Joyous, gladsome, cheerful; glad, happy, well pleased. Rare in English prose or colloquial use since 16th cent., but frequent in poetry; still in spoken use in Scotland.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]

blithe971

gladOE

blithemod1065

jollya1350

well begonea1425

well-cheered1435

hearty1440

cheery1448

cheerfula1477

chereful1486

unsweera1500

cheerly1565

riant1567

hilaire1575

light-spirited1581

undistempered1589

comfortablea1593

well-humoured1600

good-humoured1604

rident1609

hoddy1664

chicket1682

mellow1711

blithesome1724

in spirits1747

winsome1787

hilarious1823

resilient1830

blithe-hearted1848

cheero1903

bucked1907

cheerio1918

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart

gladc897

blithe971

lustya1225

joyousc1305

gladsomec1410

971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Bliþe mode heo sang.

c1000 Ælfric Exodus xviii. 9 Þa wæs Iethro bliðe for eallum ðam þingum ðe Drihten dyde Israhela folce.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 820 He wes swiðe bliðe for his muchele biȝate.

c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1020 With good hope and herte blithe.

c1440 York Myst. xv. 86 Breder, bees all blythe and glad.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iii. 4 Bardolph, be blythe .

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 50 Blythe to wyn away with his lyff.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 625 To whom the wilie Adder, blithe and glad.

1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray iv. (1746) 217 I trust that we shall meet on blither terms.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 17 ‘I'm blythe to hear ye say sae,’ answered Cuddie.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems ix. 11 Know ye happier any, any blither?

1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 46 His spirit was blithe and its fire unquenchable.

†4. Yielding milk. Obsolete or ? dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [adjective] > yielding milk

milchc1300

milky1557

new-milch1569

milkful1589

glad-milch1601

milchy1606

blithe1656

in milk1797

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Blith (Brit.), that yeelds milk, milky.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 322 Blith, yielding Milk.

5. Heedless, careless. Frequently used to intensify following n. describing a negative quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless

getelessc1175

untimingc1350

unmindfula1382

negligentc1390

unminda1400

roughtlessa1500

respectlessa1542

indiligent1549

unheedful1570

regardless1578

heedless1579

unheedy1579

unregarding?1585

unrespective1594

neglectful1595

unregardful1598

unobservinga1628

tentless1636

disregardfula1641

unregardant1652

inadvertent1653

disregarding1659

unaspective1661

inobservant1663

unheeding1770

unobservant1775

inattentive1785

disregardant1816

unrecking1824

unminded1831

unchary1856

amelectic1879

irregardless1912

blithe1922

slap-happy1937

1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 23 From mother and nurse it was a guerilla gunfire of commands, and blithe, quicksilver disobedience from the three blonde, never-still little girls.

1977 Time May 194/1 The era of cheap fuels led to a blithe disregard of second-law fundamentals.

1979 A. McCowen Young Gemini 31 The thing that puzzled me most was their complacency, and their blithe intolerance of most of the outside world.

1984 Washington Post 2 Sept. 6 Constant Defender sidesteps these charges—but with such blithe indifference..that it may well prove an antidote to the anxiety.

B. n.

†1. A blithe one: cf. fair n.¹ 3b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful person

blithea1548

jovialist1596

sandboy1821

a1548 Song, Murning Maidin xvii Into my armes swythe Embrasit I that blythe.

†2. (a) Compassion, mercy, good-will. Obsolete. (b) Gladness, mirth, pleasure, delight. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun]

merrinesseOE

gladnessc900

mirtheOE

playeOE

dreamOE

gladshipc975

lissOE

willOE

hightOE

blithenessc1000

gladc1000

winOE

blissc1175

delices?c1225

delight?c1225

joy?c1225

comfortc1230

listc1275

gladhead1303

daintyc1325

fainnessc1340

lightnessa1350

delectationc1384

delightingc1390

comfortationa1400

fainheada1400

blithec1400

fainc1400

delicacyc1405

gladsomeness1413

reveriea1425

joyousitiea1450

joyfulnessc1485

jucundity1536

joyousness1549

joc1560

delightfulness1565

jouissance1579

joyance1590

levitya1631

revelling1826

chuckle1837

joyancy1849

a song in one's heart1862

delightsomeness1866

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]

blithenessc1000

blithec1400

cheerfulness1435

chertec1449

jocundness1482

hilarity1568

cheerliness1571

good humour1571

exhilaration1626

cheerishness1645

geniality1652

jocundry1655

cheeriness1658

brightness1660

shine1710

flow of spirits1716

sunshine1717

genialness1727

festiveness1777

sunniness1829

riancy1834

gleesomeness1847

Euphrasia1882

hilariousness1885

blithesomeness1886

gayness1896

the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy

milceeOE

mildheartnesseOE

oreOE

mildheartlaikc1175

mercya1225

misericordc1230

pitya1250

gracec1300

mildheadc1300

milcefulnessa1333

pietya1350

tree of mercyc1375

miserationa1382

mildc1390

piteousnessa1393

miltha1400

milthnessa1400

blithec1400

mercifulnessc1429

misericordy1479

mildfulness1489

clemence1490

clemency1553

pardon1555

pitifulness1555

milk of human kindnessa1616

mussy1823

mild-heartedness1849

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 354 & sech hys blyþe ful swefte & swyþe.

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 47 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 300 Loke þy naylys ben clene in blythe.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 36 Coloure hit with safrone, so have þou blythe.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2196 Ger hom bowe as a berslet & þi blithe seche.

1585 Will A. Robinson, Kendal (Somerset Ho.) To William Pott wyfe for hir greate blythe of drinke.

C. adv. [Old English blíðe.]

†(a) Kindly, benignantly. Obsolete. (b) Blithely, cheerfully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb]

gladlyc900

blithec1000

merryOE

blithelyc1175

cheerly1546

cheerily1559

cheerfully1560

heartsomely1637

genially1751

good-humouredly1753

smilingly1806

sunnily1817

riantly1821

sunnily1828

blithesomely1858

blithefully1864

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb]

welleOE

blithec1000

blithelyc1000

goodfullya1300

blethelyc1300

milthlyc1300

kindlya1375

benignlyc1380

en-gree14..

homelya1425

benevolently1532

benign1535

obsequiously?1536

kindly1581

kind1592

propitiously1600

kindlily1625

well-meaningly1645

obligingly1646

candidly1650

beneficentlya1717

kindly-like1716

good-naturedly1725

benignantly1791

kindheartedly1803

c1000 Ags. Ps. liv. [lv.] 17 Þu me milde and bliðe..ahluttra.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11635 Iesus loked on hir blith.

1486 Bk. St. Albans E vij b The man to his mayster spekyth full blyth.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 338 The chyldyr namys I woll tell blythe.

1785 W. Cowper Faithful Bird 7 They sang, as blithe as finches sing.

Compounds

blithe-hearted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]

blithe971

gladOE

blithemod1065

jollya1350

well begonea1425

well-cheered1435

hearty1440

cheery1448

cheerfula1477

chereful1486

unsweera1500

cheerly1565

riant1567

hilaire1575

light-spirited1581

undistempered1589

comfortablea1593

well-humoured1600

good-humoured1604

rident1609

hoddy1664

chicket1682

mellow1711

blithesome1724

in spirits1747

winsome1787

hilarious1823

resilient1830

blithe-hearted1848

cheero1903

bucked1907

cheerio1918

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xi. vii. 197 Leofwine, still gay and blithe-hearted.

† blithelike adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]

fainc888

gladlyc1000

golikc1175

gladful?c1225

joyfulc1290

joyousc1315

merryc1380

well begonea1425

frikec1430

rejoiced1533

delightful1534

rejoiceful1538

blitheful1559

gladded1569

blithelike1570

delighted1581

lighted1596

delighting1601

joyed1640

enjoying1651

gladdened1729

glad1799

like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829

joyant1834

bird-blithe1917

gassed1941

enthralled1944

1570 Sempill Ballates (1872) 77 Ze plesand Paun & Papingaw Cast of zour blyithlyke cullour.

blithe-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful-looking

bonny1590

fowie1599

laughing-eyed1784

roseate1787

blithe-looking1846

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 54 A blithe-looking boy.

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单词	blithe
释义	blitheadj.n.adv. Brit. /blʌɪð/, U.S. /blaɪð/ Forms: Old English–Middle English blíðe, (Middle English bliht, bligh), Middle English bliþ(e, blyþe, ( bliȝe, Middle English blyde), Middle English–1600s blith, Middle English–1700s blyth, Middle English–1800s blythe, Middle English– blithe. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English blíðe = Old Saxon blîdi (Middle Dutch blîde, Dutch blijde, blij, Low German blide, blyde), Old High German blîdi (Middle High German blîde), Old Norse blíðr mild, gentle, kind, (Swedish, Danish blid), Gothic bleiþs kind, merciful < Germanic blîþi-z; possibly < verbal stem blî- to shine, but no cognates are known outside Germanic. The earlier application was to the outward expression of kindly feeling, sympathy, affection to others, as in Gothic and Old Norse; but in Old English the word had come more usually to be applied to the external manifestation of one's own pleased or happy frame of mind, and hence even to the state itself. A. adj. †1. a. Exhibiting kindly feeling to others; kind, friendly, clement, gentle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] mildeOE blitheOE goodOE well-willingOE beina1200 goodfulc1275 blithefula1300 faira1300 benignc1320 gainc1330 sweetc1330 kinda1333 propicec1350 well-willeda1382 well-disposeda1393 well-hearteda1393 well-willinga1393 friendsomea1400 well-willya1400 charitablec1405 well-willed1417 good-heartedc1425 kindlyc1425 honeyed1435 propitious1440 affectuousc1441 willya1449 homelyc1450 benevolous1470 benigned1470 benevolent1482 favourousc1485 well-meaned1488 well-meaning1498 humanec1500 favourablec1503 affectionatea1516 well-mindedc1522 beneficial1526 propiciant1531 benignate1533 well-intendeda1535 beneficious1535 kind-hearted1535 well-given1535 affectioned1539 well-wishing1548 figgy?1549 good-meaning1549 affectedc1553 affectionated1561 well-natured1561 well-affected?1563 officious1565 well-inclined1569 good-natured1582 partial1587 graceful?1593 well-intentioned1598 beneficent1616 candid1633 kindlike1637 benefic1641 kindly-hearted1762 well-meant1765 benignanta1782 sweet-hearted1850 OE Cynewulf Elene 1317 Him bið engla weard milde ond bliðe. c1340 Alex. & Dind. 624 God is spedeful in speche Boþ blessed & blyþe. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2342 Your biddyng to obey, as my blithe fader. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miv^v/1 Blythe.., blandus. †b. figurative. (Of the waves.) Obsolete. ΚΠ c1000 Ags. Psalter cvi[i]. 28 Þa yða swygiað, bliðe weorþaþ. 2. a. Exhibiting gladness: jocund, merry, sprightly, gay, mirthful. In ballads frequently coupled with gay. Rare in modern English prose or speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 OE Cynewulf Crist II 739 þa wæs engla þreat on þa halgan tid hleahtre bliþe wynnum geworden. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11066 Quen iohn was born, þat ilk siþe, His frendes was ful gladd and bliþe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7255 Quils þai war blithes [t] at þat fest. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 223 Ȝhe birdis blyth as bellis. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Blith, merry, frolicke, joyfull. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 So bucksom, blith, and debonair. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 199 Magnificent, and blithe, the Suitors come. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xliii. 277 Emily; good girl! quite recovered, and blyth as a bird. 1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) II. viii. 53 Forth we instantly sallied, so blythe and so gay. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 133 Thus Brides again and Bridegrooms blithe shall kneel. b. transferred of things. (More common.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of things, places, or seasons blithea1300 jocund?c1380 mirthful?a1513 gaysome1598 mirthsome1841 a1300 Cursor Mundi 828 Alle blurded þat was for-wit bliþe. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 155 With blyþe blaunner ful bryȝt. 1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret v. i. sig. I3^v A bonny countenance and a blith. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. x. 31 A blythe salute, in martial sort, The minstrels well might sound. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xiii. 136 The rightful gayety of those blithe early years. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. iv. 123 Blithe sounds of festal music. 3. Of men, their heart, spirit, etc.: Joyous, gladsome, cheerful; glad, happy, well pleased. Rare in English prose or colloquial use since 16th cent., but frequent in poetry; still in spoken use in Scotland. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] blithe971 gladOE blithemod1065 jollya1350 well begonea1425 well-cheered1435 hearty1440 cheery1448 cheerfula1477 chereful1486 unsweera1500 cheerly1565 riant1567 hilaire1575 light-spirited1581 undistempered1589 comfortablea1593 well-humoured1600 good-humoured1604 rident1609 hoddy1664 chicket1682 mellow1711 blithesome1724 in spirits1747 winsome1787 hilarious1823 resilient1830 blithe-hearted1848 cheero1903 bucked1907 cheerio1918 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart gladc897 blithe971 lustya1225 joyousc1305 gladsomec1410 971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Bliþe mode heo sang. c1000 Ælfric Exodus xviii. 9 Þa wæs Iethro bliðe for eallum ðam þingum ðe Drihten dyde Israhela folce. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 820 He wes swiðe bliðe for his muchele biȝate. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1020 With good hope and herte blithe. c1440 York Myst. xv. 86 Breder, bees all blythe and glad. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iii. 4 Bardolph, be blythe . View more context for this quotation c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 50 Blythe to wyn away with his lyff. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 625 To whom the wilie Adder, blithe and glad. View more context for this quotation 1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray iv. (1746) 217 I trust that we shall meet on blither terms. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 17 ‘I'm blythe to hear ye say sae,’ answered Cuddie. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems ix. 11 Know ye happier any, any blither? 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 46 His spirit was blithe and its fire unquenchable. †4. Yielding milk. Obsolete or ? dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [adjective] > yielding milk milchc1300 milky1557 new-milch1569 milkful1589 glad-milch1601 milchy1606 blithe1656 in milk1797 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Blith (Brit.), that yeelds milk, milky. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 322 Blith, yielding Milk. 5. Heedless, careless. Frequently used to intensify following n. describing a negative quality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless getelessc1175 untimingc1350 unmindfula1382 negligentc1390 unminda1400 roughtlessa1500 respectlessa1542 indiligent1549 unheedful1570 regardless1578 heedless1579 unheedy1579 unregarding?1585 unrespective1594 neglectful1595 unregardful1598 unobservinga1628 tentless1636 disregardfula1641 unregardant1652 inadvertent1653 disregarding1659 unaspective1661 inobservant1663 unheeding1770 unobservant1775 inattentive1785 disregardant1816 unrecking1824 unminded1831 unchary1856 amelectic1879 irregardless1912 blithe1922 slap-happy1937 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 23 From mother and nurse it was a guerilla gunfire of commands, and blithe, quicksilver disobedience from the three blonde, never-still little girls. 1977 Time May 194/1 The era of cheap fuels led to a blithe disregard of second-law fundamentals. 1979 A. McCowen Young Gemini 31 The thing that puzzled me most was their complacency, and their blithe intolerance of most of the outside world. 1984 Washington Post 2 Sept. 6 Constant Defender sidesteps these charges—but with such blithe indifference..that it may well prove an antidote to the anxiety. B. n. †1. A blithe one: cf. fair n.¹ 3b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful person blithea1548 jovialist1596 sandboy1821 a1548 Song, Murning Maidin xvii Into my armes swythe Embrasit I that blythe. †2. (a) Compassion, mercy, good-will. Obsolete. (b) Gladness, mirth, pleasure, delight. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] merrinesseOE gladnessc900 mirtheOE playeOE dreamOE gladshipc975 lissOE willOE hightOE blithenessc1000 gladc1000 winOE blissc1175 delices?c1225 delight?c1225 joy?c1225 comfortc1230 listc1275 gladhead1303 daintyc1325 fainnessc1340 lightnessa1350 delectationc1384 delightingc1390 comfortationa1400 fainheada1400 blithec1400 fainc1400 delicacyc1405 gladsomeness1413 reveriea1425 joyousitiea1450 joyfulnessc1485 jucundity1536 joyousness1549 joc1560 delightfulness1565 jouissance1579 joyance1590 levitya1631 revelling1826 chuckle1837 joyancy1849 a song in one's heart1862 delightsomeness1866 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] blithenessc1000 blithec1400 cheerfulness1435 chertec1449 jocundness1482 hilarity1568 cheerliness1571 good humour1571 exhilaration1626 cheerishness1645 geniality1652 jocundry1655 cheeriness1658 brightness1660 shine1710 flow of spirits1716 sunshine1717 genialness1727 festiveness1777 sunniness1829 riancy1834 gleesomeness1847 Euphrasia1882 hilariousness1885 blithesomeness1886 gayness1896 the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy milceeOE mildheartnesseOE oreOE mildheartlaikc1175 mercya1225 misericordc1230 pitya1250 gracec1300 mildheadc1300 milcefulnessa1333 pietya1350 tree of mercyc1375 miserationa1382 mildc1390 piteousnessa1393 miltha1400 milthnessa1400 blithec1400 mercifulnessc1429 misericordy1479 mildfulness1489 clemence1490 clemency1553 pardon1555 pitifulness1555 milk of human kindnessa1616 mussy1823 mild-heartedness1849 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 354 & sech hys blyþe ful swefte & swyþe. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 47 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 300 Loke þy naylys ben clene in blythe. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 36 Coloure hit with safrone, so have þou blythe. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2196 Ger hom bowe as a berslet & þi blithe seche. 1585 Will A. Robinson, Kendal (Somerset Ho.) To William Pott wyfe for hir greate blythe of drinke. C. adv. [Old English blíðe.] †(a) Kindly, benignantly. Obsolete. (b) Blithely, cheerfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb] gladlyc900 blithec1000 merryOE blithelyc1175 cheerly1546 cheerily1559 cheerfully1560 heartsomely1637 genially1751 good-humouredly1753 smilingly1806 sunnily1817 riantly1821 sunnily1828 blithesomely1858 blithefully1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] welleOE blithec1000 blithelyc1000 goodfullya1300 blethelyc1300 milthlyc1300 kindlya1375 benignlyc1380 en-gree14.. homelya1425 benevolently1532 benign1535 obsequiously?1536 kindly1581 kind1592 propitiously1600 kindlily1625 well-meaningly1645 obligingly1646 candidly1650 beneficentlya1717 kindly-like1716 good-naturedly1725 benignantly1791 kindheartedly1803 c1000 Ags. Ps. liv. [lv.] 17 Þu me milde and bliðe..ahluttra. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11635 Iesus loked on hir blith. 1486 Bk. St. Albans E vij b The man to his mayster spekyth full blyth. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 338 The chyldyr namys I woll tell blythe. 1785 W. Cowper Faithful Bird 7 They sang, as blithe as finches sing. Compounds blithe-hearted adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] blithe971 gladOE blithemod1065 jollya1350 well begonea1425 well-cheered1435 hearty1440 cheery1448 cheerfula1477 chereful1486 unsweera1500 cheerly1565 riant1567 hilaire1575 light-spirited1581 undistempered1589 comfortablea1593 well-humoured1600 good-humoured1604 rident1609 hoddy1664 chicket1682 mellow1711 blithesome1724 in spirits1747 winsome1787 hilarious1823 resilient1830 blithe-hearted1848 cheero1903 bucked1907 cheerio1918 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xi. vii. 197 Leofwine, still gay and blithe-hearted. † blithelike adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] fainc888 gladlyc1000 golikc1175 gladful?c1225 joyfulc1290 joyousc1315 merryc1380 well begonea1425 frikec1430 rejoiced1533 delightful1534 rejoiceful1538 blitheful1559 gladded1569 blithelike1570 delighted1581 lighted1596 delighting1601 joyed1640 enjoying1651 gladdened1729 glad1799 like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829 joyant1834 bird-blithe1917 gassed1941 enthralled1944 1570 Sempill Ballates (1872) 77 Ze plesand Paun & Papingaw Cast of zour blyithlyke cullour. blithe-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheerful-looking bonny1590 fowie1599 laughing-eyed1784 roseate1787 blithe-looking1846 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 54 A blithe-looking boy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † blithev. Etymology: < blithe adj.: a later formation, instead of Old English blíðsian , blissian , bliss v. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To rejoice, to be merry; = bliss v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)] blissc897 spilea1000 merryOE to make good cheera1275 blithea1400 gleea1400 to play the goodfellow1563 jolly1610 to keep Hilary term1618 gaya1629 jovialize1640 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17870 Adam..bigan þan forto blith [Vesp. to glade] in hast. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham 108 Take hede by me that blithd in balefull blisse. 2. transitive. To make blithe, gladden, delight; = bliss v. 2 and blithen v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)] to mend a person's cheera1325 raisec1384 cherishc1400 rehetec1400 blithec1440 cheer1440 lightena1450 light?1473 embellish1481 hearten1524 exhilarate1540 laetificate1547 to cheer up1550 lift1572 to do a person's heart good1575 acheera1592 upcheerc1595 cherry1596 relevate1598 encheer1605 brighten1607 buoy1652 undumpisha1661 to lift (up) a person's spirits1711 cheerfulize1781 blithen1824 pearten1827 chirk1843 to chipper up1873 to chirp up188. to buck up1909 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 40 Blythyn or welle cheryn, exhillero. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2554 Hit blithet all the buernes þat aboute stode. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxxi. sig. Y5 Hope flatters Life,..She blythes the Farmer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.adv.971v.a1400
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blitheadj.n.adv.

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