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bluet (1086)
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The form blowet is a cross reference to the following entry:

bluet (1086)

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bleuit;  bloet,  blohet;  bloiet;  blouet,  blowet;  bluett,  bluette  (blut)  
  FEW:  *blao 15/i,147a Gdf:  bleuet 1,662a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  blo (bleuet)  DMF:  bleuet 1  / bleuet 2  TLF:  bleuet 1  / bleuet 2  OED:  bluet n.  MED:  bleuet n.  DMLBS:  bluettus 204b

a.

1textilecolourof blue cloth: 
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Un drap bluete bien boillez  Nov Chir ANTS 988
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1086 )  Ralph Bloiet  Family Names Blewitt

s.

1textilecolourblue cloth: 
( 1203 )  .j. capam de bluet  DMLBS bluettus (204b)
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  En drap bluete (var. (C: s.xivm) de bluette)bien boillez Od siel en vin e chaut metez  Nov Chir ANTS 988
( MS: s.xiv )  blodium gallice: dicitur bluet  TLL ii 155
2bot.hyacinth, a blue flower: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  jacinctus: (A) blowet  TLL ii 16
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1185 )  William le Blut  Family Names Blewitt
( 1327 )  Geoffrey le Bleuit  Family Names Blewitt

See also:

bleu  bleucard  bleui  bleuissure 
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