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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1475
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Blessit, -yde, ppl. a. [ME. blessed, -id, f. blesse(n Bles v. Cf. Blissit.] Blessed. Also Blessitnes n. c1420 Wynt. i. 1335.
Blessyde Bretayne beelde sulde be Off all the ilys in the se c1420 Ib. vii. 38.
The blessit generatyowne 1456 Hay I. 66/4.
The blessit Virgyne Mary c1420 Ratis Raving 662.
Leif nocht … To call ocht elles blessit thinge c1420 Ib. 680.
Quhat blessitnes has than riches? c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 782.
The realme is blessit c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 869.
The blessit men, that was off Scotland borne
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