Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A loud noise or cry.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament. · To bleat, bellow, low.
Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *blerten, from Old English *blǣrettan, a variant of Old English *blǣran (compare Middle English bleren, blaren, bloren (“to cry, bellow, wail”) > English blare, blore). Compare also Middle English blurden, English blurt.
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