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bleie

“bleie” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a nappy (UK), or diaper (US)
  2. bedsheets
  3. a bag of snuff
  4. a tablecloth, cloth, altarcloth
  5. suet
  6. an altar ring; a ring-shaped altar rail
  7. the amount of communicants around the altar in one go

Etymology

From earlier and Old Norse blæa, blæja. Compare Swedish blöja, Danish ble, Icelandic blæja (“veil”) and Faroese blæa.

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