Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *blęsti (talk nonsense, err), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blend-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

Verb edit

блѧсти (blęstiimpf

  1. chatter, talk nonsense
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 277:
      и ина мънога о нихъ блѧдѫтъ
      i ina mŭnoga o nixŭ blędǫtŭ
      they utter still more nonsense on this subject

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Bulgarian: плещя (pleštja)
  • Serbo-Croatian: blesti
  • Slovene: blesti