blaw

German

Adjective

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of blau

Declension

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *blǣw

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɑːw/

Adjective

blāw

  1. blue

Declension

Descendants

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

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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