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語源 1

From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from 古期英語 *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.

動詞

blore (三人称単数 現在形 blores, 現在分詞 bloring, 過去形および過去分詞形 blored)

1. (archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
2. (archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

語源 2

Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”).

名詞

blore (複数形 blores)

1. (obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, OCLC 1002865976; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, OCLC 987451380:

     a most tempestuous blore