"blain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bleɪn/ Forms: blains [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blein}} Middle English blein, {{inh|en|ang|bleġen}} Old English bleġen, {{m|ang|bleġene}} bleġene, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blajinǭ}} Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, {{m|gem-pro|*blajjinǭ}} *blajjinǭ, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-|t=to swell up}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”), {{cog|fy|blein|t=blain}} West Frisian blein (“blain”), {{cog|nl|blein}} Dutch blein, {{m|nl|blegn|t=blain}} blegn (“blain”), {{cog|gml|bleine|t=blain}} Middle Low German bleine (“blain”), {{cog|no|bleime|t=blister}} Norwegian bleime (“blister”), {{cog|gmq-osw|blēma|t=blister}} Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), {{cog|fr|bleime|t=an inflammation of a horse's hoof}} French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blain (plural blains)
  1. A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch. Derived forms: chilblain Translations (skin swelling or sore): пришка (priška) (Bulgarian), blain (Scots)

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