blaeberry

[bley-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

noun

Scot. and North England.

plural

blaeberries 

1. whortleberry.

blaeberry

/ ˈbleɪbərɪ /

noun

1. another name for bilberry bilberry

Word History and Origins

Origin of blaeberry¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (north) blaberie. See blae, berry

Word History and Origins

Origin of blaeberry¹

C15: from _blae + _berry

Example Sentences

They included further habitat loss, partly due to sheep and deer grazing on blaeberries, the juicy purple-blue fruit favoured by capercaillie.

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To your right, dimly seen, is the roaring Don, beyond it cliffs and braes, covered with forest and fern, heather and blaeberries.

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A clutch of eggs, honey, delicious mast, God has sent it: Sweet apples, red whortleberries, And blaeberries.

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I left my bairnie lying here, Lying here, lying here; I left my bairnie lying here, To go and gather blaeberries.

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Hint that it is merely the English bilberry or blaeberry, or whortleberry and—but no one dares hint that.

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