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blæhæwen

, blæ + hæwen.
Searchable Lemmata: blæhæwen (OE).
Alternate Forms: blæhæwenre.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Dye; a shade of dark blue or dark grey.(ante 1100)
1. glauco .i. albo ł rubro blæhæwenre. Gloss. [DOE AldV 1 (Goossens) (0612 (612))]
2. & scrydde ðone bisceop mid linenum reafe & gyrde hine & dyde ymbe hine blæhæwene tunecan & lede eaxclað ofer hine. [DOE Lev (0057 (8.7))]
c.f.: blue, glaucus, hæwen
OE.
Sex: Male    Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, blæ (some shade of blue) + hæwen 'blue, grey', the first element normally taken imply a darker shade of the second when compounded.
WF: Compound
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