blae

[ bley, blee ]

adjective

, Scot. and North England.

1. bluish-black; blue-gray.

blae

/ ble; bleɪ /

adjective

1. bluish-grey; slate-coloured

Word History and Origins

Origin of blae¹

1150–1200; Middle English (north) bla < Old Norse blā blackish blue; blue

Word History and Origins

Origin of blae¹

from Old Norse blár

Example Sentences

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, firefghters were battling the blae at the corner of Temple and Fremont streets.

From Los Angeles Times

Are ye to eat your meat by the cheeks of a red fire, and think upon this poor sick lad of mine, biting his finger-ends on a blae muir for cauld and hunger?

From Project Gutenberg

The great red face took a blae colour—the tongue protruded from his mouth and the eyes stared wildly.

From Project Gutenberg

They cause these arrows to strike the most vital part, but the stroke does not visibly break the skin, only a blae mark is the result visible on the body after death.

From Project Gutenberg

There is neither tree nor bush, the sky is grey, the earth buff, the air blae and windy, and clouds of coarse granitic dust sweep across the prairie and smother the settlement.

From Project Gutenberg