blys

From Old Norse blys, from Proto-Germanic *blisk (“to burn, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish blus (“blaze, flame”) and English blush.

• IPA^(key): /plɪːs/

  Rhymes: -ɪːs

blys n (genitive singular blyss, nominative plural blys)

1. torch, flare

• blesi

• “blys” in Den Danske Ordbog
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “blush”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• blice, blisce, blise, blesse

From Old English blīths, bliss (“joy”), of Germanic origin.

blys

1. bliss

• English: bliss

• “blis(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

blys

1. indefinite genitive singular of bly

Related to Middle Breton blisic, blysyc (“pleasant, indulgent”), modern Breton blizik. Perhaps a reduced grade of the root of Czech mlsný (“dainty, finicky, lecherous”) (<<Proto-Slavic *mls); compare modern Czech smilný (“adulterous”).

• Rhymes: -ɨːs

blys m (plural blysiau)

1. greed, lust, desire

   Synonyms: trachwant, gwanc

• blysig (“greedy, lustful, desirous”)
• blysio (“to lust, to desire”)

• Lingua Posnaniensis, Volumes 5-6, p. 94

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blysig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies