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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It seems that at least etymologically </span></font><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>English
"bless" </span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>connected not with </span></font><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>French
"<span class=SpellE>blesser/blessure</span>" (to wound/the wound)</span></font></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>but</span></font></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> with </span></font><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Germanic "blood" </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>(in some Old Germanic dialects <span class=SpellE>blet</span>- /
bled- / <span class=SpellE>bloet</span>-, predecessor of modern German <span
class=SpellE>Blut</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is possible that ancient Germans
blessed young warriors with some kind of blood ritual or sacrifice. OED brings
Old<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Teutonic etymology, but I think this
cluster is much older<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Hayim Sheynin
[etymologically Schoenin]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Fritz Goerling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 21,
2005 3:41 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Lexicog] blessing</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Si,</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I think
there is no connection whatsoever between French "blesser/blessure"
(to wound/the wound)</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>and
"to bless/blessing." This reminds me of a prayer which I once heard
from an American</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>missionary
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Côte d'Ivoire</st1:place></st1:country-region>
who prayed in French: "Seigneur, blesse-nous" which every French-</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>speaking
person can only understand as "Lord, wound us."</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Fritz</span></font> </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Si
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> The link between
the Romance idea of wounding (cf Fr la <i><span style='font-style:italic'>la
blessure</span></i>) and blessing also seems significant.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Leipzig</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
 w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>cell: 0049 (0)1627
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