An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

This is the same with [blear], s. only used in the pl. Ihre mentions E. blear-eyed, as allied to Su. G. blir-a, plir-a, oculis semiclausis videre.

BLEIS, BLES, BLESS, BLEISE, s.
1. Blaze, bright flame, S. B.
Barbour.
2. A torch, S.
Douglas.

A. S. blaese, fax, taeda, a torch, any thing that makes a blaze, Su. G. bloss, id. Somn.

3. A signal made by fire, S.

BLEIS, s. The name given to a river-fish.
Sibbald.

This seems to be what in E. is called Bleak, Cyprinus alburnus, Linn.

BLELLUM, s. An idle talking fellow, Ayrs.
Burns.

To BLEME, v. n. To bloom, to blossom.
Bannatyne Poems.

BLEMIS, s. pl. Blossoms, flowers.
Houlate.

Belg. bloem, Isl. bloma, Alem. bluom, flos, flosculus. Teut. bloem-en, florere.