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blessing
A blessing (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the infusion of something with holiness, spiritual redemption, divine will
== Etymology and Germanic paganism ==
The modern English language term ''bless'' likely derives from the 1225 term ''blessen'', which developed from the Old English ''blǣdsian'' (preserved in the Northumbrian dialect around 950 AD).〔Barnhart (1995:73).〕 The term also appears in other forms, such as ''blēdsian'' (before 830), ''blētsian'' from around 725 and ''blesian'' from around 1000, all meaning to make sacred or holy by a sacrificial custom in the Anglo-Saxon pagan period, originating in Germanic paganism; to mark with blood.〔 Due to this, the term is related to the term ''blōd'', meaning ''blood''.〔 References to this indigenous practice, Blót, exist in related Icelandic sources.
The modern meaning of the term may have been influenced in translations of the Bible into Old English during the process of Christianization to translate the Latin term ''benedīcere'' meaning to "speak well of", resulting in meanings such as to "praise" or "extol" or to speak of or to wish well.〔
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