Middle English Dictionary Entry
blẹ̄d, blēd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | blẹ̄d, blēd n. Pl. blẹ̄den, blẹ̄des. |
| Etymology | OE blēd (corresp. to OHG bluot) & blǣd. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Vegetation; produce, crop; (b) progeny; a scion (esp., of Christ).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28832 : Þa bleden [Otho: bledes] uorð comen ȝeond al þis kinedomen.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1042 : For he is wod þat soweþ his sed Þar neuer gras ne sprinþ ne bled.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)363/46 : To bidden for þe eorþe blede, þat it mote wel forth come.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.274 : Autumpnus bringeþ forþ his blede, Full lusty fruytes, folkes for to fede.
b
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)152 : Of þe sal comen þat blede þat al worll sal disten.
- a1300 Edi beo þu (Corp-O 59)27 : Þu ert eorþe to gode sede..of þe sprong þeo edi blede.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)117 : Sum blede of hire schal come Þat schal holie churche holde to riȝte.
- c1375 SLeg.Concep.Virg.(Eg 1993)134 : Ioie and echinge of blede.
- c1400 St.Alex.(2) (Trin-O 57)22/27 : Hy were to-gyderes ȝeres two..Withoute eny blede.
- a1450 Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)44 : Þe ladi of lond..yat blisful bled.