Blist
/blɪst/noun
An archaic verb meaning to blister or raise a blister on the skin.
Did you know?Blist is an obsolete or dialectal shortening related to blister, whose wider Germanic family evokes swelling, bubbling, and bodily eruption rather than magic or ritual.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*blustrōn
“A swelling or blister; reconstructed Germanic formation associated with swelling.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
blæstr
“A swelling or blister-like eruption.”
Middle English
Middle English
blester
“A blister or raised swelling on the skin.”
14th–15th Century
English
blister
“A fluid-filled swelling of the skin; later also a verb meaning to raise such a swelling.”
Early Modern English
English
blist
“An abbreviated or variant form of blister, meaning to blister.”
Modern English
English
blist
“An obsolete or dialectal verb meaning to blister.”