A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1569-1609
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Blamis, Blameis, n. [e.m.E. blemysshe (1526), -ysh (1535), bleamishe (1555), with Sc. -is, -eis, for Eng. -ish. For the a in the stem cf. blamischere in the Kingis Q. cxl.] A blemish. a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxx. 95.
But blot and blamis [Q. blemische, R. blamisch] is ȝour bluid 1609 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 284.
Sufficient hering … onbrokin in ony pairt and without all blameis
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Blamis n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/blamis>
