blàr

blàr
I
a field, battle, peat-moss; from blàr, spotted, the idea being a "spot". See blàr.
II
having a white face, or white spot on the face (of an animal); bla$$-ro-s, root bla$$-, from Indo-European bhale, shine, bha$$-; Greek $$Gfalorós (second $$G a long), having a white patch (on the head, as on a dog's head). Cf. Dutch blaar, a white spot on the forehead (Whence French blaireau, badger), Middle Dutch blaer, bald. See for roots bealltuinn, bàn. Welsh has blawr, grey, iron-grey, which seems allied. This word enters largely into Pictish topography. It is not so used in Argyle (M`K.) nor in Ireland.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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