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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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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
Ib. vii. 38.
The blessit generatyowne
1456 Hay I. 66/4.
The blessit Virgyne Mary
c1420 Ratis R. 662.
Leif nocht … To call ocht elles blessit thinge
Ib. 680.
Quhat blessitnes has than riches?
c1460 Wisd. Sol. 782.
The realme is blessit
c1475 Wall. vii. 869.
The blessit men, that was off Scotland borne

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