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Old English · noun

bleo

Normalised blēo

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/ble͜oː/
Syllables
ble͜oː (1 syllable)
Modern English
colourbleeblycomplexionblue

bleo1 · adjective

Senses

  1. blue

bleo2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. colour

    Ne meahte nān mann seċġan hwelċes blēos hē sīe.

    Couldn't nobody say what colour he is.

  2. complexion

Declension

Declension of bleo
SingularPlural
Nominative blēoblēo
Accusative blēoblēo
Genitive blēowesblēosblēowa
Dative blēoweblēoblēomblēoumblēowum

All forms (8)

Etymology

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

From Proto-West Germanic *blīu.

Descendants

blee, bly

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