noun
blain
Blain (noun) means skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
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skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
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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”).
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"blain" (noun) means skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.