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blǽdre

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
blǽdre, blǽddre, an; f. [bláwan to blow; flare]
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §150; §260; §404;
That which is blown out, hence
an inflated swelling, blister, pimple, blain, pustule; pustula, papula
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  • Be ǽghwylcum uncúþum blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittaþ

    of all strange blisters which exist on a man's face,

      Herb. cont. 2, 19 ; Lchdm. i. 6, 10: Herb. 2, 19; Lchdm. i. 86, 5.

  • Eall folc wæs on, blǽdran, and ða wǽron swíðe hreówlíce berstende

    all the people had blisters [lit. was in blister], and they were very painfully bursting,

      Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 37.

  • On mannum and on nýtenum beóþ wunda and swellende blǽddran

    there shulen ben in men and yn beestis biles and bleynes swellynge,

      Wyc; Ex. 9, 9, 10.
the
BLADDER, receptacle for the urine; vesica
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  • Báres blǽdre

    a boar's bladder,

      Med. ex Quadr. 8, 12; Lchdm. i. 360, 8.

  • Wið sáre ðære lifre and ðære blǽdran

    for sore of the liver and of the bladder,

      Herb. cont. 145, 2; Lchdm. i. 54, 27: Herb. 41, 2; Lchdm. i. 142, 8: 80, 1; Lchdm. i. 182, 12.

  • Gif weaxan stánas on ðære blǽdran

    if stones grow in the bladder,

      L. M. 3, 20; Lchdm. ii. 320, 6.

  • Genim eoferes blǽdran

    take a boar's bladder,

      Med. ex Quadr, 8, 11; Lchdm. i. 360, 5.

  • Blǽddre

    vesica,

      Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 74; Wrt. Voc. 44, 56.

  • Wið ðære blǽddran sáre

    for sore of the bladder,

      Herb. 107; Lchdm. i. 220, 15: 126; Lchdm. i. 238, 10: Med. ex Quadr. 8, 11; Lchdm. i. 360, 4.
Etymology
[Chauc. Wyc. bladder: Piers P. bleddere: Dut. blaar, f: O. Dut. blaeder, blaere: Ger. blatter, f: M. H. Ger. bláter, f: O. H. Ger. blátara, f: Dan. blære, m. f: Swed. blæddra, f: Icel. blaðra, f.]
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v.  blǽddre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “blǽdre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4591.

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