Blédan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Blédan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 blédan

p. de; pp. ed [blód blood] To BLEED, emit blood; sanguinem emittere :-- Blédaþ ǽdran the veins shall bleed, Salm. Kmbl. 290; Sal. 144. Se blédenda fíc the bleeding fig or disease, Wanl. catal. 305, 4. Wið ðone blédende fíc nim murran for the bleeding fig or disease take myrrh, Lchdm. iii. 8, 1. [Dut. bloeden: Ger. bluten: O. H. Ger. bluotan: Dan. blöde: Swed. blöda.] bledan

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ᛒᛚᛖᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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