blay

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See also: Blay and blaþ

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)

  1. 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)

  1. to blow
  2. 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