blay
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun[edit]
blay (plural blays)
- The bleak (fish).
Translations[edit]
bleak — see bleak
Anagrams[edit]
Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan. Unetymological <y> was influnced by Irish <ái> /aː/ & <ói> /oː/.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
blay (present participle blayeen)
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References[edit]
- 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
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