[Lexicog] A prototypical blessing

[Wayne Leman]

Etymologically, yes, but lexically (synchronically), no. It's just a
leave-taking, of course, today, with no idea of a blessing or reference to
any deity.

Wayne Leman
Cheyenne project

> >
> English "Goodbye" is of course a shortened blessing: "God be with you".
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> Peter Kirk



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