Middle English Dictionary Entry
blọ̄d n.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | blọ̄d n.(1) Also bloid, bloud, blud. |
Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) Blood; drauen ~, to draw blood; leten ~, sheden ~, spillen ~, shed blood; cause bloodshed, take life; as red as ~; (b) leten ~, to bleed (a person), phlebotomize; fig. to wound, weaken; let the juices out of (a pie); (c) ~ of the erthe, wine; ~ of the grape, wine, ?grape juice; (d) med. ded ~, extravasated blood; also, a kind of skin disease; gret nourishing ~, grosse nutrimental ~, blood not yet thinned by the heart; herte ~, the blood in the heart; lifeblood, life; menstrual (menstrue) ~, month ~, whit ~, ~ of women, menstrual blood; nourishing ~, ~ nutrimental, venous blood; utter ~, the blood between the flesh and the skin; spiritual ~, arterial blood (thinned by the heart); vein ~; wateri ~, urine; (e) alch. the solvent liquid or 'menstruum'.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)31/14 : Hwilan he blod hræcþ.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27475 : Beornes þer swelten, blodes at-urnen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)23/214 : Ha al were bigoten of þe blode.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)216 : Þe blod ran of his fleys.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)712 : Aftur þe twelf formeste dawes..þet sed..bi-comez to a þicke blod.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)239 : Moche blod [was] þer y-ssed.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1612 : On ilka syde þe blude out brast.
- c1390 NHom.Abp.& N.(Vrn)250/215 : Þat ilke derworþe blode þat Ihc lette [Phys-E: sched] on þe Roode.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)33a/b : Þise foure humours..fediþ alle bodyes þat haþ blood.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)55a/b : In no membre is blood wiþoute veynes but in þe herte allone, ffor blood comeþ out of þe herte & gooþ in to þe veynes and none blood comeþ to þe herte out of oþir place, for þe herte is bygynnynge and welle of blood.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9999 : Þe colur ouermast of all..It es rede als ani blod.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)13860 : Till þai his suete blodde had schedd.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)174/24,28 : Superfluite of good blood..gaderiþ togidere in a mannes ballokis, & þere it bicomeþ whiȝt & turneþ into sperme, riȝt as blood bicomeþ mylk in a wommans brestis.
- ?c1450 Brut-1419 (Hrl 24)16 : The sonne shall be as rede as Bloode.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20933 : Þai suld na mar blude spille.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.5.14 : Thei coude nat deyen white fleeses..with the blood of a maner schellefyssch.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)152b/b : Fleobotomye is inscisioun of a veyne euoydyng blode and humours wiþ blode rynnyng in þam.
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)203 : Þe blod þat cryst let for mankende.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)97 : Ȝif ony man..yeve hym buffat or wounde, or drawe blood on hym.
- a1450 Dc.291 Lapid.(Dc 291)26 : Amatist..draweth to colour of blode newe shedde.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)216/26 : Kut a cattis ere and with þe blood a-noynt þe þer þe sore ys.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)21/3 : Þe feuere contynuele is gendrid of putrifaccioun of blood and of corrupcieun of humouris in it.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)15b : Blode: Cruor, sanguis; Sanguis alit corpus, Cruor est de corpore fusus.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)27/4 : Þanne sceal hym man læten blod on þan earme on þan middemyste ædra.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3568 : Him blod lete lutlen and ofte.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)30b : Þe lette him [Christ] blod o rode, nawt o þe earm ane ah dude o fif halue forte healen moncun.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11874 : Hii..nome him as ilate blod he was.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2190 : Blod leten was þe king, Tristrem and þe quene.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)408,414 : 'He was þo fol heie of mod, Is he nou ilete blod?' Rouland..answerde..'Þin heued sschal fele vnder þin hood, Þat i nam nouȝt laten blood.'
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.147 : Þey [Picts]..were ofte boistousliche i-lete blood and hadde many woundes.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4346 : For many a pastee hastow laten blood.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)246/3 : Necessarie for to haue a ȝong culuer..& lete hir blood in a veyne vndir hir wynge wiþ a nedle.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2410 : Þere was kytt many a cod And many veyn laten blood!
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4866 : In his honde he helde hys ax good, Many Sarezyn he leet blood.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)124 : He wente uneto..Notynghuame to be leten blood.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)11/7 : Mannys blood reserued of Barbouris whanne þei lete blood.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)15b : To late Blode [vr. blude]: fleubotomare [vr. minuere sanguinem].
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)64/17 : In..Septembre..bloud ys goud to be leten.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)256a/b : Haue mynde þat þou drynkest blood of þe erþe [L sanguinem terre] for wyn drynkynge intemperalliche is to mankynge..venym.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.49.11 : He shal wasshe in wyne his stoole, and in blood of a grape [L sanguine uvae] his mantil.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15845 : Nulle hit nauere god..þæt þi castel stonde for mine heorte blode.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)4 : Al min heorte blod to ðe ich offrie.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1649 : A man naþ bote þreo manere blod; þat on is al wiþoute Bytwene fflesch and ffel, and þat oþer in þe veynes a-boute; Þe þridde is þe pur heorte blod þat is þe more of lyue.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2006 : His herte blood hath bathed al his heer.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)34b/b : In þe blood þat hatte sanguis menstrualis, the white blood in women.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)199b/b : Emachites..stauncheþ..alle blood and namely þe blood of wommen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318a/b : For milk and menstrual blood ben al oon kynde.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)21/14 : Þe fleisch & þe fatnes is mad of menstrue blood.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)172/6 : Þis watri blood is vryne & from þe reynes it goiþ to..þe bladdre.
- a1425(a1349) Rolle MPass.(2) (Upps C.494)46/8 : Þou were..bete..til al þi vtter blode was bledde.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Lev.20.18 : A womman in the flux of the moneth blood.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9b/b : What is a veyne forsoþ bot a place of blode nutrimentale [*Ch.(2): norschinge blood]? What forsoþ an arterie bot a place of blode spirituale [*Ch.(2): spiritual blood].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)142b/a : Somtyme of attricioun vnder it [the nail] is made dede blode or sanies [L sanguis mortuus aut sanies].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)17b/a : Hauynge in it [the heart] two ventricles..and..a denne..in þe whiche þe grete norisshynge blood [*Ch.(1): þe grosse nutrimental blode] is defied, comynge fro þe lyuere..þe whiche is byqueþed by þe arteries to al þe body.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)117a/a : Frakens, dede blode [*Ch.(1): sanguis mortuus] þe rede droppe..ben spotty infecciouns of þe skyn.
- (1443-9) Paston2.61 : And thow leyst any hand on the gate I xall sey 'thye hert blod or thow myn'.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)157 : Lete hym veyne blod ones or twyes.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)196/1378k : Many on les þe hert blode.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)80/37 : It [wine] makys þe herte-blood blake.
e
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)57a : The saide menstruall is..The blode of our grene lyon & not of vitriall..whiche blode drawen owt of the saide Lyone ffor lacke of heate had not perfit digestione..this blode, called our secret menstruall, wher with our sparme is nourisshed temperatlye.
1b.
(a) ~ brod, bloodstained; ~ draught, ~ gite, ~ shed, ~ shedding, ~ spilling, the shedding (or drawing) of blood; bloodshed, slaughter; ~ shedere, ~ sheuere, a murderer; ~ sweting, the sweating of blood; (b) ~ drop; ~ hound, q.v.; ~ pit, ?a pit to receive the blood of slaughtered animals; ~ pudding; ~ ron, a streak of blood; ~ strem; (c) med. ~ fallen, ~ shoten, bloodshot; ~ last, ~ lasting, ~ lete (vr. ~ late), ~ leting (vr. ~ latinge), ~ les [OE blōdlǣs, blōdlǣswū], bloodletting, phlebotomy [all qq.v.]; ~ latere, ~ letere, a professional bloodletter; ~ leten (man), (a man who has been) phlebotomized; ~ making, the generation of blood (in the liver); ~ speuere, ~ spittere, one who spits blood; ~ water, ?plasma; (d) ~ bande, ~ bende, ~ binde, a ligature or bandage to stop bleeding; ~ hous, a monastic building for bloodletting; ~ iren, a surgical instrument for bloodletting; ~ soukere, a leech, bloodsucker; the medicinal leech (Hirudo sanguinalis) used in phlebotomy; ~ wort, shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)110.83/4 : Onstandeð se blodgyte sona.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)16/23 : Ðe biscop wearð unbliðe for þam blodes gyte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)630 : Þar was muchel blod-gute [Otho: blod-gote].
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)207 : Bi his blodi Rune þet ron inne monie studen..in his blod swetunge [etc.].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11413 : Suþþe þer after com muche blod ssedinge.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.153 : Þe Romayns knyȝtes [L Quirites]..called þe pope a blood schewere [Higd.(2): a sleer of men; L sanguinarium].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.184 : Þis lond salle be ȝours..Withouten mo stours or blode spillyng of men [F Saunz plus de saunk espandre ke n'est ore espaundu].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)16.156 : Ich wolde..wynnen al Fraunce With-oute..eny blod-sheding.
- (c1400) Higd.(1) (Hrl 1900)523 : The Quyrites..cleped the pope a blode scheder, and a mansleer.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)15177 : He cutte his mayles..With his blod-brode bronde.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)95 : In every pleynt of..debatyng [F baterye], blooddraught [F saunge treet]..For blooddraught [F saunke treet] maliciously doon with swerd or knyff or staff.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13544 : Ful strong bloodsched was þere then.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)90/4 : Doubte it was to here of that bataille for the grete blood shedynge.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1349 : The third poynt was blode-shedyng [L tercio de sanguinis effusione] that he for vs shed..ffyue sith..his blode he shed ffor vs.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26704 : Vrnen þa streten mid blode stræmen [Otho: of blodie stremes].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28359 : Ȝurren þa stanes mid þan blod-stremes.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)46/23 : Þi swot as blod dropes [L gutte sanguinis] ron from þin holy bodi.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)44/25 : Þe swete of bloode..stoode vpon þe erþe as bloode dropes [L quasi gutte sanguinis].
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)609/14 : Sanguinacium: a blod-puddynge.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.372 : That intrailles of bestes and blode putts be clansed and caried awey by night and not by day.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.385 : That no blode putte be vnclensyd ouer a day and a night.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)6152 : Euery lype..Hyngyth lyke a blode puddynge!
- a1500 Rolle MPass.(2) (CmbAdd 3042)98 : Þe fleisch þere þe cros sittith is skinles & ouerrunne wiþ blood-rowis [Upps: blodi rowes].
c
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)43/34 : Æfter þæt seo blodlæse si ȝefylled.
- (1221) Pleas Crown Glo.p.5 : Radulfus le Blodletere.
- (1221) Pleas Crown Glo.p.119 : Radulfi le Blodlatere.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)4b : Of blodletunge.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)31a : Hwer wes eauer iȝeuen to eani blodleten se poure pitance?
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)71a : Twa manere men habbeð neode to eote wel, swinkinde & blodletene [Pep 2498: bloode leten men].
- (1302) Feudal Aids 3395 : Beatrix le Blodletere.
- (1327) Sub.R.Lei.in AASRP 20.1165 : Willelmus Blodlatere.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)485 : Horn..Bilaft at hom for blodeleteing.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.115 : Þe nynþe day after his blodles [Higd.(2): after that he was lete bloode; L post fleobotomiam].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)298/1 : Blood-letyng is a craft for to laske a mannes blood þat is in his veynes.
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)48 : Monnus body is clensid with blode-letyng, & þat on two maners..with opunnyng of vayne & with ventuse.
- a1425 He þat wol herkyn (Hrl 2320)p.73 : Gode tyme of blode latynge I schal ȝow schewen.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)110a/a : Errour of þe digestif [vertue] & sanguifice i. blodemakyng in þe lyuer.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)62/6 : And þer be no blode-later redy, be þer made ventosyng with garsyng.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)160b/b : Blodelaste [*Ch.(1): ffleobotomye] is kyttynge of a veyne voydinge out blode and þe humoures with þe blode rennynge in ham..Blodelast..is þe commune help of ful [*Ch.(1): plectoric] sekenesses.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)40 : Bloode latare: Fleobotomator.
- a1450 *3 Inspect.Hematoscopy (Htrn 307)f.166r : If þe blod aftir þe puttyng of blod water is brotil and esy to sundre it bitokneþ moche drienesse and if it be touȝ it bitokneþ quesy & viscouse humours.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)p.70 : It wole [hele] þe tysyk and þe blode spowrys [vrr. blode spewerus; hem þat spewyn blod].
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)p.149 : For þe blode speteres..Hit helpiþ hem þat speten blode.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)337/2 : He garte latt hym blode, and when he had bled he loste all his letterall connyng, right evyn as he had loste þaim be blode lastyng.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)439 : Mi goostli iȝen..ben blood-schoten [vr. blodeshote] with fleischli lust, Þat heuenly þingis may y noon se.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)308/34 : Whanne þe eyne arn blod-fallyn.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)161 : He was let blede for the agu whech he had; and that blod last smet him in paralise.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)73/19 : For þat þat wanys by dygestioun or bloodlate, þat tyme [in spring] by his moysture he restorys.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)685/33 : Hic fleobotomator: a blodletter.
- a1500 *3 Inspect.Hematoscopy (Sln 3486)f.147v : A phisiciane bihoueþ to knowe þre manere inspecciouns in blode lettyng, þat is to sey wheþer it be þicke or þynne or mene whil a man blediþ.
d
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)114a : Ne makie ȝe..ne blodbinde [vrr. blodbendes, blodbinden] of seolc ne laz buten leaue.
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)556/27 : Bursa pastoris, sanguinarie: blodwurt.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2208 : His blod bende brast oway.
- (1385) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99265 : In expensis factis circa pavimentum in le bludhous.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.243 : A pestilence by blood soukers [Higd.(2): of water leches; L sanguisugarum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)102a/a : Me vseþ to do þerto wormes þat hatte lechis and blood soukers [L sanguisuge].
- (1401) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100451 : j jocale simile blodeyrn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154b/b : He giffeþ 3 fourmez..of fleomz i. blode yrenz [*Ch.(2): blode yerns].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)156b/a : Haly Abbas..makyng comparacioun atuyx fleobotomye and ventoses and blodesoukerez which he calleþ yrudines i. waterlechez.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)70/33 : Þat þe leche with a lancet or a blode iren smyte warly þe bolnyngz ful of blode.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2576 : Vs bus haue a blode-bande.
- (1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45118 : De blode yrens et launcettes in j case.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)31b : Take a lytyll blode ȝernn & pryke hir [hawk]..& lat þat vayne blede A gowde whyle.
1c.
Med. (a) Blood, one of the four humors; (b) god ~, verrei and pur ~, natural ~, natural humor; unkind ~, unlouable ~, ivel ~, blood corrupted or mixed with another humor; colrik ~, fleumatik ~, melancolik ~, blood having an admixture (or some of the qualities) of choler (phlegm, melancholy); ~ adust, blood corrupted by adustion; (c) the thick blood-like substance formed in the liver and subsequently transformed into the four humors; masse of ~.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)3/20 : Hi ȝesæddun þæt feower wætun [L humores] syndon on þan manniscen lichama..þæt blod on þara breosta.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.352 : It was tyme to lye adoun, For blood was in his domynacioun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)33a/b : Þere beþ foure humours: Blood, fflewme, Colera & Melencolia..Þer [in the liver] by þe worchinge of kinde hete it [pthismaria] is I chaungid into þe foure humours.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)191/17 : Þis maner sijknesse comeþ sumtyme of blood, sumtyme of fleume.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)202/9 : Þes iiij humouris..haþ diuers qualitees, for blood is hoot & moist, ffleume coold & moost [etc.].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)27a/a : Blood is an humour hote and moyst and it is gendred of þe more temperate partie of þe chile.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Mutability MN (Hrl 2255)81 : The sangueyn man of blood hath hardynesse.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)93/6 : Foure tymes for to þriste a-way foure humours..scilicet, blode in veer.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)33b/b : If it [blood] be sotile & wattry [etc.]..it betokenith mellinge of oþir humour þat infectiþ þe blood. Þane he goþ out of kinde & turneþ in to vnkinde blode.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/a : Arthetica..comeþ of colerik blood.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)171/25 : Þe splene..drawiþ malancolious blood of þe lyuere.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)195/18 : Watir lechis..for to do awey þe fleumatik blood.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)24b/b : Of blode naturale & benigne [*Ch.(2): natural or goodly blood] is gendred fflegmon verray.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)156a/b : Gode blode is þat which..is frangible..rede in colour, pure in odour, and amiable in sapour. Iuel blode is þat which goþ out away fro þise And þat þat..haþ a sharpe sapour is seid colric blode. That forseid þat declyneþ to grossenes & blacnez..is melancolic blode. Which..to viscosenez & whitenesse..ys fleumatic [*Ch.(2): fleumatik blood].
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)61/20 : In þe regnyng of malencolious blode, þat is fro þe 9 hour of þe daie vnto þe 3 hour of þe niȝt.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)24a/b : As ben verrey and pure blood, colryk blood, fleumatyk blood & melancolyk blood.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)27a/a : Alle þe flawy pustles..ben gendred of vnlouable blood [*Ch.(1): blode vnloueable] by his substaunce & brennynge.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)22/4 : Þe feuere agu comounly is causid..of blood adust.
c
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)24a/b : By a comune name þai [the four humors] ben named of Galien..blode [*Ch.(1): massa sanguinis or a mas of blode]..Haly..clepeþ it þe blody masse [*Ch.(1): massam singuinariam] and soche blood is oonly þe mater of norisshynge nouȝ þat blood þe whiche is departed fro oþer humours.
2a.
(a) Life blood, life; in her ~, alive; (b) flesh and ~, ~ and bon, the body, physical nature; the bodily appetites; in (on, of) flesh and ~, in body, bodily, physically; ōn flesh and ~ with, married to (sb.); (c) flesh and ~, ~ and bon, all of the body; adv. entirely, completely, altogether; (d) nimen (haven, taken) flesh and ~, to take living or human form; with (in) flesh and ~, in human or living form, in the flesh, in person; of flesh and ~, living, alive; human, mortal.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)33b/b : Rede floures beþ I-leide vppon dede men in mynde of here hardines..while þey were in here blood [L in suo sanguine].
b
- a1275 Serm.St.Nich.(Trin-C B.14.39)63/21 : So þe bred fed fleys ant blod also his word is soule fod.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)636 : Ðre daies..ðanne he [Christ] ded was in blod & bon.
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.45 : I sau þe fair on fleychs and blod.
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)916 : Nys non so feyr of blod ant bone.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)573 : Ȝif þu art sek in flesh and blod.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1835 : She..here wedlak..brak, whan she was o flessh and blode [F vn cors & vne char] with hym.
- c1450 Inf.Chr.(Add 31042)620 : So brighte a barne of bane and blode.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)100/4 : Lete not flesshe and blode ouercome me.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1897 : Þet ich mot ba mi flesch & mi blod offrin him to lake.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)495 : Bigeten he [elephants] neuermor non so kold is hem siðen blod & bon.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4617 : I shrewe my self bothe blood and bones, If thow bigile me any ofter than ones.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2433 : Childer..All hale of bane & blude.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)452/125 : God blisse you..bloode and bone!
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)837 : My lordis grewhond..hase etten hym flesche and blode.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)113 : Now god..Strengithe hym bothe bone and blod The fyld for to haue!
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)356/104 : My peasse be with you blood and bone.
d
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)908 : He..nom blod ant ban of a meidenes bodi.
- a1300 Foweles (Dc 139)5 : Multh [read: mulch] sorw I walke with for beste of bon and blod.
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)15 : Til ihesu..nom fles and blod Of þe maiden marie.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)445 : God it ȝeue Þat ich were sone in mine owene contreye And al mi folk, with flechs and blod..seiȝe!
- a1350 Most i ryden (Hrl 2253)5 : Þe feyrest on þat euer wes mad of blod ant bon.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1217 : Þat no man of flechs & blood Ne sscholde doon him nouȝt bote good.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)25/681 : Þer nys bote o þyng þere [in the Eucharist] And þat hys swete ihesu cryst, Ine flesche and eke ine bloude.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)87/23 : Ase to þe bodye, alle we byeþ children..of erþe..huer-of we nome alle uless and blod.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2580 : Þat god..Hwich of marie..tok flechs & blode.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10023 : Þat God wulde shewe hym..Yn flesshe and blode on þe autere.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.153 : Whan it [Love] haued of þis folde flesshe & blode taken.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)105/20 : As he toke flesche and blood of þe virgine Marie.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)55/122 : Hym [your father]..Of whom þou hast both fflesch and blood.
2b.
A living being, a creature, a person.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1192 : A ðhusant plates of siluer god Gaf he sarra, ðat faire blod.
- a1325 Prov.Hend.(Cmb Gg 1.1)st.31 : Mani man..Ȝevith his douhter to a wiked blode.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4382 : Þou fel treytour, vnkinde blod.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1066 : A ryghtwise blode I haue bitrayd.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5156 : Of thilke unkinde blod [Adrian] Stant the memoire.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.27.26 : That he smyte the soule of the innocent blood.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)681 : The fule thefe, the unky[n]de blode.
3.
Bleeding; loss of blood; to the ~, until he bleeds; veine ~, bloodletting of a vein, vein-bleeding.
Associated quotations
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2747 : Neither veyne blood ne ventusynge, Ne drynke of herbes may been his helpynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)205a/b : Saphire..haþ vertue to staunche blood [L fluxus sanguinis].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)16230 : I rede men..bete him to þe blod.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)522/7 : Withouten swete or blude or hostyng..he becan to covir.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)392 : Thes men of armys with charmys..can weel staunche blood.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3528 : Sore for blode he lay still in swoune.
4.
(a) Blood (personified); (b) bloodshed; the taking of life, manslaughter, murder; responsibility for death, bloodguilt; ?punishment for bloodguilt; man of ~, a shedder of blood, a murderer; boi of ~, ?a murderous churl or ruffian; vengere of ~, ~ wrekere, an avenger of death.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1768 : Mordre wol out..The blood out crieth on youre cursed dede.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.4.10 : The vois of the blood [L sanguinis] of thi brother [Abel] crieth to me fro the erthe.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)29.452 : Veniaunce his [Abel's] blood doth Crye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)34/168 : Þi brothers blood þat þou slewe Askyht vengeauns.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2259 : Ȝet nes nawt þes kinges þurst, wið al þis blod, ikelet.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.5.7 : The man of blodis [WB(2): a manquellere; L virum sanguinum; MPPsalter: a man of synnes] and trecherous the Lord shal wlate.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.50.16 : Deliuere me fro blodis [vr. blood; WB(2): bloodis; vr. or synnes; L sanguinibus; MPPsalter: synnes].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 5.28 : Ȝe wolen brynge yn on vs the blood of this man.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.43 : Þey schulleþ nouȝt be wiþ oute blood and swerd or þere come a peple of an unknowen tonge.
- c1390 Maidstone PPs.(Vrn)113 : Deliuere me from blameful blod.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)8 : The breed of nedi men is the lif of pore men. He that defraudith it is a man of blood, that is, a manquellere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)52a/a : Foules wiþ croked toon and clawes..lyuen by blood.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Josh.20.3 : The wrath of the neiȝbore that is wreker of the blood [WB(2): veniere of blood; vr. the deth; L ultor sanguinis].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Josh.20.5 : Whanne the blood wreker [WB(2): the vengere of blood; L ultor sanguinis] hym pursue.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Mat.27.24 : Pilat..seide, Y am giltles of the blood of this riȝtful man..And al the puple answeride..His blood be on vs and on oure children.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)767 : Þe Jewes..badde his [Christ's] bloode schuld falle On hem.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)5537 : Þai [the holy martyrs] to God ay vengance cry Of þam þat of þair blude er gilty.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.7.12 : Agamenon..boughte ayein the wyndes by blood.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)15 : And eke boyes of blode, with boste and with pryde, Schall wedde ladyes in londe.
5.
Theol. (a) Cristes ~, Godes ~, his ~, Christ's blood as present in the Eucharist; (b) ~ of the bond of pes, ~ of the testament, the Blood of the (Jewish) Covenant; (c) sweren bi ~, to swear by (someone's) blood; in oaths: bi Godes ~, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1726 : He [the priest] Cristess flæsh & blod Hanndleþþ, hallȝheþþ, & offreþþ.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)97 : Þat husel..is his holi fleis and his blod.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)857 : In þe obley and in þe wyn his owe fflesch and blode At þe Masse is as purliche as he hit shadde on þe rode.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)146 : He ous yefþ his blod to drinke.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.10.16 : The cuppe of blessynge..wher [WB(2): whether] it is not the comenynge of Cristis blood?
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)178/20 : He that etez and drynkez the holy sacrament of Cristes body, flesch and blode [L calicem], vnworthili.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)54 : The win and bred that ben remeeved in to flesh and blood Of God.
- a1500(c1380) Wycl.Papa (Ryl Eng 86)466 : Þer olde bileue þat..þis wyn is goddis blood.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.9.20 : This is the blood of the testament that God comaundide to ȝou.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.24.8 : The blood of the boond of pees that the Lord couenauntide with ȝow.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1661 : Laban..seide to him, 'bi min blod, ðin come is me leflike and good.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3125 : He [the miller]..swoor by armes and by blood and bones.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.288 : Oure hoost gan to swere..'Harrow!..by nayles, and by blood!'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.652 : By the blood of Crist that is in Hayles.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)126 : By kokkis blood, Thow shalt be mery.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1862 : Brutus by hir chaste blood hath swore That Tarquyn shulde ybanysshed be.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)880 : I make a-vow, be Goddys blod.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.2805 : They swere by armes, sides, and blode.
6a.
(a) Lineage, descent, ancestry; stock, race; ~ roial, royal lineage; (b) mengen (medlen) ~, to intermarry; bigeten in gentil ~, of kind ~, of gentle birth; ben of (one's) ~, be descended from (sb.), be related to (sb.); of hol ~, of a specified race or lineage by both parents; of half ~, by only one parent; of roial hol ~, [see quot.]; right of ~, right of birth; (c) high lineage, royal blood; (d) a person of (specified) lineage; -- also coll.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19183 : Þatt hallȝhe flocc þatt borenn iss Off Godd o swillke wise [through baptism] & nohht off blod, noff flæshess lusst.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)177 : We beoþ..Icome of gode kenne Of Cristene blode & kynges.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1996 : He was ibore at rome & of þis londes blod.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1018 : They that weren of the blood roial of Thebes.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.181 : A noble man of blood [L nobilis genere].
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10644 : He was man of gentyl blode.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)494 : Thy byrth and blood ar bothe two vnwist.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)553 : He was neuer cumen, sir, of þi blode.
- (1425) RParl.4.270b : Ye Erle of Devenshire commyng dowene lyneally of the blode Riall frome ye furst Edward and Alianore ye Quene.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)175 : Þe Romaynes..holden As of þe realeste blode þat reynede in erthe.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)87/33 : Gode forbede that as by me shuld be lowed the bloode riall.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)63/11 : Than was þis man medeled with too blodis, Norman of þe fader side, Englisch of þe moderis side.
- (1466) Paston4.246 : That we..repute them as gentlemen descended lineally of worshipfull blood sithen the Conquest hither.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)379/16 : But he be of blood royall, that is to seye owther kynges son othir quenys son, borne of pryncis other of pryncesses.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)275 : A man of hih degre, Born of good [vr. gentill] blood.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1451 : Ysaac..was bi-geten of kinde blod.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)989 : Scottes hom sende wimmen..In þis manere picars mid scottes mengd hor blod.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)19806 : He vnderstode Alle þe hile was his þoru right of blode.
- (1425) RParl.4.268a : My Lord of Stafford..notwithstondyng his discent of yis Riall hool Blode, and not demy sank.
- (1444) RParl.5.104b : No maner Walssh man of hole blode, ne half blode on the fader side..a woman of half blode Walssh.
- (1449) Will Grimston in Archaeol.45126 : The heiers of his body so yn gentille blode lawfully begoten.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)111 : A lythyr ladde..schal eryth þe erytage þat neuere was of hys blod.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)646/26 : I am of the bloode of kynge Ban.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)169 : The othir too bethe bastardes, and not of his blode.
- a1500 Arth.& M.(Dc 236)296/483 : A criston man..a hethen womman..here blood was medlyd yfere.
c
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2564 : He wilneth no destrucioun of blood!
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1199 : Þei ne spare nouther blood nor age.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.1874 : To comende his roial hih lynage..Seith he was born of the blood of Fraunce.
d
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3982 : For to bistowe hir hye Into som worthy blood of auncetrye.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4599 : Ne shulde no gentil kniȝth..no..beggers blood brynge in heiȝe wyke.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)102/31,33 : The whiche kyng..was slayn in bataylle & all the gode blood of his reme [Eg: all þe grete men; F tot le bon sang]..Whan the..ladyes sawen þat..all the riall blood [Eg: þe kyng and the lordes; F tot le bon sang] was lost.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)145 : Sumtyme grete lordys blod Toke thys gemetry.
- (1450) Doc.in Kingsford EHist.Lit.(CotR 2.23)361 : [The King] to take abowte hym a nobill persone, þe trewe blode of þe Reame [vr. the true lords of his royal blood of this his realme], þat is to sey the..Duke of Yorke..the Duke of Excetter [etc.].
- c1450 Siege Thebes (Rwl D.82)269 : Al þe chef blode of Grece shuld be destroied.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)59 : Her cesed þe frensch blod to regne and þe almaynes be gunne.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)228/31 : A grete nave of Spaynardes distroyed the Englisch blod.
6b.
Relationship by birth, blood relationship, consanguinity, kinship; next of ~, of next ~, nearest in kinship (to sb.), next of kin; neigh of ~, neigh flesh and ~, near in kinship (to sb.); brother of ~, blood brother; cousin of ~, cousin by blood relationship; ~ bretheren, (spiritual) blood brothers, fellow men.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)248 : Mani men..Þat were of his nexte blod.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.155 : Þe feeldes..schulde falle to þe nexte of þe blood [Higd.(2): the nyeste of his bloode; L ad sanguine propinquiores].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.3170 : Hire that..was so nyh his fleissh and blod.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.249 : Þis ilk þre barons, þorgh descent of blode Haf right..to þe coroune.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.375 : Myne hole bretheren in blode.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)13.109 : At caluarie of cristes blood..blod-breþrene by-cam we.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)357 : No bounte bot your blod I in my bode knowe.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)554 : Þei chosse Waspasian..For..next of blode.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)5304 : Noon enemye Lyke oon þat is to othir of bloode nye.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6226 : The buerne [Hector]..With..his brother of blud [Paris].
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)136 : His moste worshipfull brotherryn wich..bith also so nygh in blode to his highnes.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)8304 : Dere cosyne of blode.
6c.
(a) Blood relatives, kindred; descendants; a kinsman, a near relative; next ~, nearest blood relatives; (owen) flesh and ~, (one's) blood kinsman; ~ to touchen ~, for near kindred to have sexual relations; (b) an offspring, son, daughter.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)47/7 : Þe Quene louede hire owene [son] ase ech man deth is blod.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8240 : Þe sarazins..wende..to helpe hor kunde blod.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4129 : Your broþer..þat es your aun fless and blod.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.439 : Blod may seo blood boþe a-þurst and a-cale Ac blod may nat seo blod blede bote hym rewe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.594 : Now beth naught wroth, my blood, my nece dere!
- (a1450) Pet.Chanc.in Seld.Soc.10135 : The same John Bysship and his heires and theire blode.
- c1450 Siege Thebes (Rwl D.82)269 : Blode to touche blode bringeth forthe corrupt frute.
- -?-(a1461) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.280b : To kepe Clyfton ys lyvelode..fro his next blode and his heires.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)663/11 : That kynge Arthure and his blood was so discomfite.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)56/6 : Adam was dampnyd to hell, he and all his blode.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)2618 : My systurs sone, myn owne blode.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1055 : Abel was a blissed blod, Bot caim was þe findes fode.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)686 : Uche blod in þat burne [Abraham] blessed schal worþe.
7.
Emotion, anger, passion, (sexual) desire; courage, mettle, spirit; temperament, nature.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1350 : For wummon beoþ of softe blode.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)868 : Horn him gan to agrise & his blod arise.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1074 : Ðat folc [the Sodomites]..ðo sori wrecches of yuel blod.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)70 : Tydinges..Þat a-moeuede al here blod.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)17/333 : Al achaunged was hire blod.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)286 : If any so hardy..Be so bolde in his blod.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)357/8 : Semiramis þat was burnand in lichorie & thristie in blude.
- c1475 7 Sages(1) (Eg 1995)17/451 fn. : He gan to chaffe his blode.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1300 Loke to þi louerd (StJ-C A.15)2 : Loke to þi louerd, man, þar hanget he a rode, and wep hyf þo mist terres al of blode.
Note: ?New phrase for sense 7.
Note: teres of blod, heartfelt tears of compassion.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)149 : Bysshoppeswort..For þe blode speteres, In þe same wise hit helpiþ hem þat speten blode if she be drunke ofte.
Note: New combination for sense 1b.
Note: Comb. and gloss: ~ spetere, one who spits up blood.
- ?a1500 *Chauliac(5) (Peterh 118)67a/b : Suiche men owe nott to be letten blode..but ȝiffe grette drede shulde fall byecause of tariynge of blodelesse.
Note: Additional quot. for sense 1a.(b).
- a1500 Truth it (Cnt Add 68)p.71 : Kyng Herrowdes..wex wode And dede seke up the propheceye; He thout hym sone to swage hys bloode.
Note: Needed for date in sense 7.--notes per MLL
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- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.31rb (2.3) : Blodlast in þis veyn is..principaly agayn al ma[la]dies of þe spirituales.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.31rb (2.3) : It is calde 'vena basilica,' þe baas veyn. & minucioun, i. blodelast, on þis veyn, is principaly agayn sekenes of þe lyuer and of þe stomac.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. dead blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. menstrual blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. menstrue blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. month blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nourishing blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nutrimental blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. spiritual blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1a.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. vein blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1b.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. blood iron.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1b.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bloodsucker.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. adust blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. choleric blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. evil blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. fleumatic blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. good blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. melancholic blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. natural blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. unkind blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. unlovable blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1c.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. very blood.
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Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(c)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. pure blood.