† blethe, a. Obs.
In 1 bleað, 3 bleð(e.
[Com. Teut.: OE. bléað weak, gentle, timid = OS. blôđi (MDu. blôde, bloot, Du. blood), OHG. blôdi (MHG. blœde, mod.G. blöde weak), ON. blauðr soft, weak, Goth. *blauþs (in blauþjan to make of no force):—OTeut. *blauþi-s without force, weak.]
Spiritless, timid.
| a 1000 Riddles xli. 15 (Gr.) Ic eom to ðon bleað ðæt mec mæᵹ grima abreᵹan. c 1205 Lay. 23620 And moni ænne gode wifmon iwhorht to bleðere widewe. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3907 Friȝti nam forð ðis folc and bleð. |