"blore" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /blɔː(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blore.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blores [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”). Etymology templates: {{m|en||blore}} blore, {{m|en|blare}} blare, {{m|en|blow}} blow, {{m|ga|blor||a loud noise}} blor (“a loud noise”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blore (plural blores)
  1. (obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-blore-en-noun-TE8eyoOR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /blɔː(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blore.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blores [present, singular, third-person], bloring [participle, present], blored [participle, past], blored [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bloren}} Middle English bloren, {{m|enm|bleren}} bleren, {{m|enm|blaren}} blaren, {{inh|en|ang|*blǣran}} Old English *blǣran, {{m|ang|*blārian||to blare, bellow, cry}} *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”), {{l|en|blare}} blare Head templates: {{en-verb}} blore (third-person singular simple present blores, present participle bloring, simple past and past participle blored)
  1. (archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-blore-en-verb-Vt11QwiO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 91 5
  2. (archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-blore-en-verb-3Pv22Gh-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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