blaw

German

Adjective

blaw (strong nominative masculine singular blawer, comparative blawer, superlative am blawesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of blau

Declension

Middle English

Noun

blaw

  1. Alternative form of blow

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *blǣw

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɑːw/

Adjective

blāw

  1. blue

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: blo, bla, bloo, bloe
    • English: blow
    • Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (to blow). More at English blow.

Verb

blaw (third-person singular simple present blaws, present participle blawin, simple past blew, past participle blawen)

  1. to blow
    • 1783, Robert Burns, My Nanie, O:
      The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill; / The night's baith mirk and rainy, O
      The westerly wind blows loud and shrill; / The night's both dark and rainy, O

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch blauw.

Adjective

blaw

  1. blue
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