† blissfulheadn.
Obsolete.
Blissful condition, joy, beatitude.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun]
blissc1175
Edena1225
heaven bliss?c1225
joyc1275
blessedheada1300
blissfulheada1340
third heavenc1384
paradisec1395
benisona1400
blessednessa1400
heavena1413
jocundnessc1426
everlastingness1434
jocundityc1450
beatitudea1492
beatification1502
blessedfulness1526
beautitude1578
Elysiuma1616
suavitya1617
seventh heaven1786
heaven of heavens1885
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 1 Beatus vir..Hightand blisfulhed til rightwise men.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6852 A londe of blisful hede.
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xli. 46 Al bounte, beaute, joye and blysfulhede.
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