Plural of blaeberry; small dark blue berries, also called bilberries or whortleberries, found wild in northern regions.
From Old Norse 'blār' (blue) + 'bær' (berry), filtered through Scots dialect. The compound literally means 'blue berries' in Old Norse.
Blaeberries have been foraged in Scotland for centuries—they're the same as bilberries and blueberries but the Scottish name keeps alive the Norse heritage of the Scottish language!
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