blewe
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Etymology
See blue.
Noun
blewe (countable and uncountable, plural blewes)
Adjective
blewe (comparative more blewe, superlative most blewe)
- Obsolete form of blue.
- 1902 (reprint), Francis Bacon, ed. Helen Milman, Of Gardens, page 12:
- ...the White, the Purple, and the Blewe;...
Anagrams
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman blew; from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz. See also blo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blewe
Descendants
References
- “bleu, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
Noun
blewe
Descendants
References
- “bleu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
See also
| whit | grey, hor | blak |
| red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
| grasgrene | grene | |
| plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
| violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |
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