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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Blist, Blyst, ppl. a. [Reduced form of Blissit, corresp. to ME. bleste (c 1400), e.m.E. blest.] Blest. c1420 Wynt. vi. 558.
Efftyr the blyst Natyvyte Ib. vii. 335.
Goddys body blyst werray c1450-2 Howlat 996.
Now blyth us the blist barne c1475 Wall. xi. 1316.
A blyst byschop a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 195.
The blist Trinite c1515 Asl. MS. I. 328/27.
The bukis … of the iiij blist doctoris Ib. 316/13.
Having victorie … in that blist batell c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 235.
That ilk band, that ȝe so blist call 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 3.
The figuris of our goddis blist c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3707.
His blyst incarnatioun 1570 Sat. P. xxiv. 77.
Ȝour bastard bischop blist 1596 Dalr. I. 106/22.
Priestes, quha may … minister the blist sacrament