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Blote vs Blore - What's the difference?

blote | blore |

As verbs the difference between blote and blore

is that blote is to cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat while blore is to cry; cry out; weep.

As a noun blore is

the act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.

blote

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    blore

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (blor)
  • (archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
  • (archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps from (blore) above, a variant of (blare), affected by (blow). Compare also Gaelic and Irish .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
  • * Chapman
    • A most tempestuous blore .