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English
Etymology
See blue.
Noun
blewe (countable and uncountable, plural blewes)
- Obsolete form of blue.
Adjective
blewe (comparative more blewe, superlative most blewe)
- Obsolete form of blue.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blewe
- blue, azure
- blue-violet
- blue-grey; the colour of bruises
- blue-black
Descendants
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Noun
blewe
- blue
- blue textiles
- (rare) blue pigment
Descendants
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See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit
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grey, hor
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blak
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red; cremesyn, gernet
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citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne
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yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
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grasgrene
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grene
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plunket; ewage
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asure, livid
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blewe, blo, pers
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violet; inde
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rose, murrey; purpel, purpur
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claret
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