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The closest to the word in any form of still current English may well be: BLATE [Blait, Bleat, Bleet] According to the Dictionary of the Scots Language = modest, diffident, bashful, sheepish [!]; put out, embarrassed It might do nicely in an 18th-century context. If ever I get round to translating Hölderlin's ode 'Blödigkeit', I'd quite like to use 'Blateness' as a title. Howard Gaskill ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GERMAN-STUDIES list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=GERMAN-STUDIES&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/GERMAN-STUDIES, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/