blæd

See also: blad, błąd, Błąd, and blað

Old English

blæd n

Strong a-stem:

From a conflation of Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō (“flower, leaf”) and Proto-Germanic *blēdaz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with Old High German blāt (“flower, blossom, prosperity; blowing, breeze, windgust”). Related to Old English blǣdre (“bubble, blister, pimple”), blǣst (“windgust”). More at bladder, blast, blow.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

blǣd m

blast, blowing
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes
  Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind
inspiration; breath, life, spirit; glory, splendor
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
  Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,
  ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.
  His path of exile not at all hold twisted gold,
  the cold spirit, not at all earth's glory.
prosperity, wealth, riches
success
dignity

Strong a-stem:

See blēd.

blǣd f