† blede Obs.
[OE. blóed, bléd (blǽd) str. fem. ‘flower, blossom, fruit’ = OHG. bluot, MHG. bluot pl. blüete, Ger. blüte:—OTeut. *blôdi-z fem. root blō̆- in blow, bloom, etc.; cogn. with OIr. blá-th, L. flō-s.]
A flower, blossom; fruit.
| c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vii. 17 Yfel þonne treow yfle westmas vel blæd bereþ. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 228 Ȝenim þreo croppan laures bleda. c 1205 Lay. 28832 Þa bleden [c 1250 bledes] uorð comen. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1042 He is wod þat soweþ his sed Þar never gras ne springþ ne bled. a 1300 Hymn Virg. in Trin. Coll. Hom. 256 Of þe sprong þeô edi blede þe holi gost hire on þe seuȝ. |