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blore en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /blɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
  2. (archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

Forms

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bloring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blored Tense=Past lexicographic
blores Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

blore en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /blɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
    • a most tempestuous blore 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

Forms

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blores Number=Plur lexicographic