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

Perhaps radically the same with [Flype], q. v. or a different pron. of Bleib.

To BLIRT, v. n. To make a noise in weeping, to cry. It is generally joined with Greet. To blirt and greet, i. e. to burst out a-crying, S.
Kelly.

Germ. blaerr-en, plarr-en, mugire, rugire. Perhaps E. blurt is also radically allied.

BLIRT, s. The action expressed by the v. "A blirt of greeting," a violent burst of tears, accompanied with crying, S. B.

To BLITHE, BLYTHE, v. a. To make glad.
Wallace.

A. S. bliths-ian, laetari; Alem. blid-en, gaudere. But perhaps our v. is immediately formed from the adj.

BLITHEMEAT, s. The meat distributed among those who are present at the birth of a child, or among the rest of the family, S. pronounced blyidmeat, Ang. as the adj. itself, blyd, blyid.

I need not say, that this word has its origin from the happiness occasioned by a safe delivery.

BLYVARE. Perhaps for Blyther, more cheerful.
Houlate.

BLYWEST, adj. in the superl.
Houlate.