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bláte

  • adverb
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bláte, adv.
Lividly, pallidly; livide, pallide
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  • Helle fýr bláte forbærnþ biteran lége

    the fire of hell lividly burns up with a dire [bitter] flame,

      Bt. Met. Fox 8, 107; Met. 8, 54.

  • Ðæt fýr ne mæg foldan and merestreám bláte forbærnan

    the fire cannot pallidly burn up earth and sea,

      20, 229; Met. 20, 115.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bláte.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4618.

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