- blysa
- m (-n/-n) firebrand, torch
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Blush — (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed} (bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blushed — Blush Blush (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed} (bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blushing — Blush Blush (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blushed} (bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blushing}.] [OE. bluschen to shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to blaze, blush.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blush — blushful, adj. blushfully, adv. blushfulness, n. blushingly, adv. blushless, adj. /blush/, v.i. 1. to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero. 2. to feel shame or embarrassment (often fol. by at… … Universalium
blisa — see blysa … Old to modern English dictionary
blush — blush1 [blʌʃ] v [: Old English; Origin: blyscan [i] to become red , from blysa flame ] 1.) to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed ▪ Wilson saw she was watching him and blushed. ▪ Joan blushed at the unexpected compliment.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
blush — [OE] Modern English blush is a descendant of Old English blyscan ‘turn red, blush’, which was related to and perhaps derived from Old English blysa ‘firebrand, torch’. Similarities of form and meaning make it tempting to compare blaze, which… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
blizzard — /ˈblɪzəd / (say blizuhd) noun 1. a violent windstorm with dry, driving snow and intense cold. 2. a widespread and heavy snowstorm. {variant of dialect blizzer blaze, flash, blinding flash of lightning; sense widened from lightning to storm.… …
blush — [OE] Modern English blush is a descendant of Old English blyscan ‘turn red, blush’, which was related to and perhaps derived from Old English blysa ‘firebrand, torch’. Similarities of form and meaning make it tempting to compare blaze, which… … Word origins
