ˈblaeness north. dial.
(Frequent in ME. in the form blonesse.)
[f. blae + -ness.]
‘Blae’ quality; lividness as of a wound or stripe.
| 1382 Wyclif Ex. xxi. 25 Wounde for wounde, blones for blones. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xvii. (1495) 122 Bloones of lyppes. Mod. Sc. The blaeness of his lips. |