Middle English Dictionary Entry
blou n.
Entry Info
| Forms | blou n. Also blaw. |
| Etymology | From blouen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A blast (of wind); (b) a blow (with the fist).
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 And lx (Cmb Ll.1.18)20 : Thrugh þe blast of A blaw bolne shall þe son.
b
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)234/191 : Bot I [Cayphas] gif hym [Jesus] a blaw, my hart will brist.
- a1500 Swet Ihesus is cum (BodPoet e.1)p.59 : With mokkes and mowes, Buffetes and blowes..Thei gan to cry.