Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Blithe

Blithe (blīt) , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon blīee blithe, kind; akin to Gothic bleiþs kind, Icelandic blīer mild, gentle, Danish & Swedish blid gentle, Dutch blijd blithe, Old High German blīdi kind, blithe.]

Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.
The blithe sounds of festal music. — Prescott
A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. — Milton