Middle English Dictionary Entry
blẹ̄den v.
Entry Info
| Forms | blẹ̄den v. Forms: p. bled(de, blet; ppl. i)bled, blad[!]. |
| Etymology | OE blēdan, blēdde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ibleden v.
1.
(a) To emit or lose blood, bleed; (b) bleden blod (wete, brok), to shed or lose blood; (c) of blood: to issue, flow; (d) bleden woundes, to suffer bleeding wounds.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7523 : Nennium he smat þa..þat hæfde bledde.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)70b : Þe eþren capitale, þe bledden on his heaued under þe kene þornene crune.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)142 : Martha..was ful sik..At hire bi-hinde heo hadde i-bled seuen ȝer and more.
- a1300 Loke to þi louerd (StJ-C A.15)7 : Bledet hiis side.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)780 : Þow hast so myche y-bled þat paal ys al þy face.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5836 : His woundes bledden.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)14.421 : His woundes tho hadden So Sore I-bled That In that place he was Ny ded.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)451 : To beholde his tender fete so blede.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Martin AM (Cmb Gg.5.31)p.71 : Aboute the merket thai hym lede, And dange hym that hys body blede.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177a/a : Vlcerez sanguinolent i. bleding.
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)573 : Reufely his forhed blet.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)134/13 : Ȝef þou bledyst at þin nose.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)473/32 : To stop hys bledynge woundys.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)46/28 : Cryst was cyrcumsysed, and bled yn þe kyttyng of his flesche.
- a1500 Off alle wemen (Cmb Ff.5.48)35 : My sonnys handis ar sore bledand.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)70b : He bledde..brokes of ful brade wunden.
- c1300 SLeg.Lucy (LdMisc 108)8 : Þare nas non þat hire hele miȝte, þat heo ne bledde euere blod.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)80 : Sche..crached hir visage, it bled wete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318b/a : Some melche wommen bledeþ menstrual blood.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)278/11 : Take a litil hare þat bledde neuere blood.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5854 : He had bled so mychel blood.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.237 : I circumcised my sone..All þat male were Bledden blode for þat lordes loue.
- c1400 Seint Ieremie telleþ (LdMisc 622)9 : Þe vte day schal euerych tre blede dropes of blood.
- a1425 This is goddis (Wht)32 : Myn herte blood for þee I bledde.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3149 : Þe leste drope of blode þat God bledde on þe rode.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)50/27 : Muche bloode they bledde bothe.
- a1500 Saluator mundi domine To (Cai 84/166)73 : Mane, for þe my blode I bled.
c
- c1390 Bi west (Vrn)49 : Myn herte-blood for þe gan blede.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)131/10 : If þat..litil blood bled at his wounde.
- a1400 Men rent me (Hrl 2316)3 : Men rent me on rode..al blet mi blode.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)166 : Old horded hate maketh..ofte gilteles blod to blede.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)28.462 : As Red as blood bledenge.
d
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)7a : For þe ilke fif wunden þe þu..bleddest, heal mi blodi sawle of alle þe sunnen.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)10/31 : For þo ilch fyue woundes þat þou on erþe bleddest, hele my blody soule.
2.
To bleed to death, die of wounds, die.
Associated quotations
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)103 : Him..Þat for vs wolde on rode blede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2352 : Summe þat bere hem now brag schuld blede or euen.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1515 : Meleagre that made the boor to blede.
- a1425 Siege Troy(1) (LinI 150)1974 : Þey slowe þe childre in þe cadir, And alle þey bleden, sweyn and Knaue.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.2560 : Loue hath..maad me hardi to make my fader bleede.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)621 : Wele a sevene score garte he blede.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)172/114 : Barnis ben blad and lyne in dych.
- ?a1500 Wake man (LdMisc 733)17 : Thou shal leese that which, bledyng, thy lord boght.
3.
To stain or cover (sth.) with blood; bleden ful, fill (a vessel with blood).
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)559 : Heo [a miraculous cross] bledde þat fat bretful of blod are it stunte.
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)74 : Bounden in bledyng bondes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)90/16 : Balan..myght not knowe hym by the vysage, it was so ful hewen and bledde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)394/27 : Sir Trystrames bledde bothe the over-shete and the neyther-sheete.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)687 : At the iustyng wolde y bene..My body for to blede.
4.
(a) To undergo phlebotomy, be bled; (b) to bleed (a vein).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Veynes þer be (Wel 406)p.190 : A woman schal in the harme blede For stoppyng of hure flowrys at nede. A man schal blede ther also The emeraudis for to undo.
- c1450 Metham Days Moon (Gar 141)148/11 : Qwyche days be moste expedyent..to blede for ony sekenes.
- c1450 Metham Days Moon (Gar 141)149/2 : This day, for no nede, a man schuld blede.
- c1450 Metham Days Moon (Gar 141)154/32 : Yt ys noght proffytabyl to blede that day.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)251/7 : Let hym blede on þe hele of þe ankyll.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)113/8 : Late hym bleden..on a weyne by-twen þe two lest fyngiris.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)161 : He was let blede for the agu.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)63/13 : In the monþe of Feuerel..lete þe blede of þe veyne of þy þombe.
b
- c1400 Veynes þer be (Wel 406)p.189 : In what place ȝe schulle let blode..Two [veins] at the templys thay mot blede For stoppynge of kynde.
- c1400 Veynes þer be (Wel 406)p.190 : In every harme ther ben fywe [veins] Gode to blede, to man and wyve.
5.
Of the heart: to suffer anguish; bleed, break; also, ~ inward.
Associated quotations
- c1390(1377) Death Edw.III (Vrn)13 : For puire schame ȝor hertis wol blede.
- c1390 Þe man þt luste (Vrn)26 : Eueri mon þus Inward bledes.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.17 : For sorwe of which she felt hire herte blede.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4411 : Inward myn herte I feele blede, For comfortles the deth I drede.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)367 : For dool hym þouȝte hys herte bledde.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)616 : Who is hurt..And blediþ inward til he wex pale of hwe.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)139/730 : My hart wold blede To se the sytt here in so poore wede.