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BLEÁT

  • adjective
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BLEÁT, def. se bleáta, seó, ðæt bleáte; adj.
Wretched, miserable; miser, miserabilis
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  • Ǽnig ne wæs mon on moldan ðætte meahte bibúgan ðone bleátan drync deópan deáþwéges

    there was not any man on earth that could avoid the miserable drink of the deep death-cup,

      Exon. 47 a; Th. 161, 24; Gú. 963.
Etymology
[Scot. blait nudus: Frs. bleat nudus: O. Frs. blat nudus; thi blata pauper, miser: Dut. bloot: M. Dut. blót: Ger. blosz: M. H. Ger. blóz: Icel. blautr.]
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  • BLEÁT, adj.