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blǽd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
blǽd, bléd, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §345; §387; §563;
What is produced,- A flower, blossom, fruit; flos, olus, fructus
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  • His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ

    its leaves and its flowers shall not fall;

    folium ejus non decidet,

    • Ps. Th. 1, 4
      • .

  • Wudu sceal blǽdum blówan

    a wood shall blow with flowers,

    • Menol. Fox 527
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 34
      • .

  • Geseh he geblówene bearwas standan, blǽdum gehrodene

    he saw blowing groves stand, adorned with blossoms,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2896
      • ;
    • An. 1451
      • .

  • Bléda wyrta

    olera herbarum,

    • Ps. Spl. 36, 2
      • .

  • He déþ ǽlc twíg aweg on me, ðe blǽda ne byrþ; and he feormaþ ǽlc ðara, ðe blǽda byrþ, ðæt hyt bere blǽda ðe swíðor

    omnem palmitem in me non ferentem fructum, tollet eum; et omnem, qui fert fructum, purgabit eum, ut fructum plus afferat,

    • Jn. Bos. 15, 2
      • .

  • Beorc biþ blǽda leás

    the birch-tree is fruitless [void of fruit],

    • Runic pm. 18
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 342, 27
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135
      • .

  • Hærfest bryngþ rípa bléda

    harvest brings ripe fruits,

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 234, 15
      • :
    • 34, 10
      • ;
    • Fox 150, 5
      • .

  • Balsames blǽd

    fruit of balsam,

    • Cot. 48
      • .
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “blǽd.” 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/4584.

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