German edit

Adjective edit

blaw (strong nominative masculine singular blawer, comparative blawer, superlative am blawesten)

  1. Obsolete spelling of blau

Declension edit

Middle English edit

Noun edit

blaw

  1. Alternative form of blow

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

blāw

  1. blue

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: blo, bla, bloo, bloe
    • English: blow
    • Scots: blae, blaw, bla, blea, ble

Scots edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāwan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (to blow). More at English blow.

Verb edit

blaw (third-person singular simple present blaws, present participle blawin, simple past blew, past participle blawen)

  1. to blow
    • 1783, Robert Burns, My Nanie, O:
      The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill; / The night's baith mirk and rainy, O
      The westerly wind blows loud and shrill; / The night's both dark and rainy, O

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch blauw.

Adjective edit

blaw

  1. blue