blae

American  

[bley, blee] / bleɪ, bli /

adjective

Scot. and North England.

1. bluish-black; blue-gray.

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blae British  

/ ble, bleɪ /

adjective

1. bluish-grey; slate-coloured

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Etymology

Origin of blae

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

Example Sentences

I've seen's hae days to fricht us a', The Pentlands poothered weel wi' snaw, The ways half-smoored wi' liquid thaw, An' half-congealin', The snell an' scowtherin' norther blaw Frae blae Brunteelan'.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"O well may my lire be wan and blae, For I ha'e been in the elf-womens' play."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

The cauld blae North was streaming forth Her lights, wi' hissing, eerie din, Athort the lift they start and shift, Like Fortune's favours, tint as win.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

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 A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Though sweet is spring, whan young and gay, And blithe the blinks o' summer day; I fear nae winter cauld and blae, If blest wi' love and Annie, O!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles