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English
Etymology
From Middle English *blaye, *bleye, from Old English blǣġe (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Germanic *blaigijǭ (“blay, bleak, gudgeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyk- (“to shine”). Cognate with German Bleie, Bleihe (“blay”).
Pronunciation
Noun
blay (plural blays)
- The bleak (fish).
Translations
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Middle English blawen (“to blow; to bluster, scold”), from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɔː/ (as if spelled blái)
Verb
blay (present participle blayeen)
- to blow
- to shout
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 26