Scottish and dialectal form meaning to blow; to produce a stream of air or wind.
From Old English blāwan and Old Norse blása, both meaning 'to blow.' This dialectal form is particularly preserved in Scottish English.
Blaw is a linguistic time capsule—it shows how Scottish English preserved old Germanic verb forms that changed in standard English, proving that dialects are living museums of language history.
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