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

Alem. bliuun, to strike; bliuenti, percutiens, striking; Schilter. Moes. G. bliggwan, id.

To BLETHER, BLATHER, v. n.
1. To speak indistinctly, to stammer, S. pron. like fair.
2. To prattle, S.

Su. G. bladdr-a, Germ, plauder-n, to prattle, to chatter, to jabber; Teut. blater-en, stultè loqui; Lat. blater-are, to babble.

To BLETHER, BLATHER, BLADDER, v. a. To talk nonsensically, S.
Lyndsay.

BLETHERAND, pret.
Fordun.

Allied perhaps to Teut. blater-en, blaeter-en, proflare fastum, gloriari.

BLETHER, BLATHER, s. Nonsense, foolish talk, S.; often used in pl.
Hamilton.

BLAIDRY, s. Nonsense, foolish talk.
Ramsay.

BLEW. To look blew, to seem disconcerted. It conveys both the idea of astonishment and of gloominess, S.
Peblis to the Play.

Blew, S. is often synon. with [blae], livid.