blest

English

Alternative forms

• blessed
• blessèd (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

blest

1. Archaic spelling of blessed

Adjective

blest (comparative more blest, superlative most blest)

1. Archaic spelling of blessed
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:

     Is ſhe not proud? doth ſhe not count her bleſt, / Vnworthy as ſhe is, that we haue wrought / So worthy a Gentleman to be her Bride?

   • 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Conclusion”, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 307:

     I hold myself supremely blest—blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine.

Anagrams

• Belts, belts, blets

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Middle English

Noun

blest

1. Alternative form of blast

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish blæst, from Old Norse blástr; a doublet of inherited blåst.

Noun

blest (definite singular blesten)

1. An incessant wind

   Synonym: blåst

References

• “blest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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