Middle English Dictionary Entry

blọ̄dī adj.
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Entry Info

Forms blọ̄dī adj.
Etymology OE blōdig

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) Of blood, consisting of blood, full of blood; of the eyes: bloodshot; (b) physiol. the four ~ humoures, the four humors, formed from the blodi lompe and flowing in the bloodstream; ~ lompe, ~ masse, a thick blood-like substance formed from 'chile' in the liver; also, the liver itself; (c) pathol. ~ fike, a bleeding growth or tumor; ~ flux, ~ menisoun, dysentery; (d) ~ colour, ~ heu, ~ red, ~ rednesse, blood-red color.
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2.
(a) Covered with blood, bloodstained; also fig.; maken (sb.) ~, to wound or kill (sb.); (b) blo and ~, livid and bloodstained, bruised and bloody; blok and ~, pale and bloodstained.
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3.
(a) Causing or likely to cause bloodshed, savage; of words: harsh; of sounds: martial, warlike; delighting in bloodshed, bloodthirsty, cruel; (b) hunt. on the scent of the quarry.
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4.
~ bretheren, blood brothers; -- used fig.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bloody humour.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bloody mass.

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