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blead

blead

English

Alternative forms

  • blede (obsolete)

Noun

blead ‎(plural bleads)

  1. (rare, dialectal) Fruit.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English blede, from Old English blǣd ‎(“blowing, blast, breath, inspiration”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz ‎(“blowing, breath, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‎(“to blow up, inflate, puff up, swell”). Cognate with Old High German blāt ‎(“blowing, wheezing, panting”).

Noun

blead ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Blowing; breath; inspiration.
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Etymology

From Middle English blede ‎(“fruit, flower, offspring”), from Old English blǣd, blēd ‎(“that which is produced, flower, blossom, fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz ‎(“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‎(“to bloom, sprout; leaf, blossom”). Cognate with Scots bleed ‎(“to produce, yield good results”), German Blüte ‎(“flower, blossom, bloom, prosperity”), Latin flōs ‎(“flower, bloom”), Old Irish bláth ‎(“flower, blossom, bloom”).

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