α. late Middle English blakalyere, late Middle English blakalyr, late Middle English blakalyre, 1800s– black-a-lyre.
β. late Middle English black of lure, late Middle English blac of lyre, late Middle English blake of lyre (in a late copy), late Middle English blak of lure, late Middle English blak of lyre, 1900s– black of lyre.