Etymology

blear

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Today it means: Dim; unclear from water or rheum. Full definition →

Middle English blere
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blear · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromblere
  2. English todayblear

From Middle English blere, related to Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”), Middle High German blerre (“double vision”), German Blerre (“double vision”). Perhaps also related to blur.

blear · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited from*blerian
  2. Middle English · inherited frombleren
  3. English todayblear

From Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian.

blear · verb3

  1. Old English · inherited from*blǣran
  2. Middle English · inherited frombleren
  3. English todayblear

From Middle English bleren, from Old English *blǣran, related to West Frisian blearje (“to bleat, shout”), Dutch bleren, blaren (“to bellow, bleat”), German Low German blaren, blarren (“to blare, howl, shriek”), German plärren (“to howl, shriek, blare”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbleren all →

blur

Old English*blerian all →

blur

Old English*blǣran all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.