bloi1 (c.1136-37)
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bloi1 (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 1,404b *blavos; Gdf: 4,663a bloi; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,1003 bloi; DEAF:  bloi; DMF:  bloi; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 203b blavus ]
bloy  

a.

1colour(of hair) blonde, fair, golden: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Barbe aveit russe e crine bloie  6240
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Bloy peil ot e crespe  449
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  les oilz veirs e le chef bloi  59
( MS: s.xiii )  flavum: (C) bloy(var. (T: s.xiii/xiv) bloye)  ii 32
♦colourtawny, yellowish brown: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  La sunt li tort (l. tor) tut bloi (Latin: Ibi sunt fulvi tauri) [...] Colur unt de menvers  511
bloiser  bloius 
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