benedight
English
Etymology
From Middle English benedyght, benedight, from Latin benedictus. More at benedict, benediction.
Adjective
benedight (comparative more benedight, superlative most benedight)
- (obsolete, poetic) Blessed; benedict.
- 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio: Canto XV:
- When we had reached the Angel benedight
- With joyful voice he said: "Here enter in
- To stairway far less steep than are the others."
- 1879, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Cross of Snow:
- Never through martyrdom of fire was led
To its repose; nor can in books be read
The legend of a life more benedight.
- 1910, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Uncle Ananias”, in The Town Down the River:
- How fondly I remember the delight
That always glorified him in the spring;
The joyous profusion and the benedight
Profusion of his faith in everything!
- 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio: Canto XV:
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