Obs. [OE. blóed, bléd (blǽd) str. fem. ‘flower, blossom, fruit’ = OHG. bluot, MHG. bluot pl. blüete, Ger. blüte:—OTeut. *blôdi-z fem. root blō- in BLOW, BLOOM, etc.; cogn. with OIr. blá-th, L. flō-s.] A flower, blossom; fruit.
c. 975. Rushw. Gosp., Matt. vii. 17. Yfel þonne treow yfle westmas vel blæd bereþ.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 228. Ȝenim þreo croppan laures bleda.
c. 1205. Lay., 28832. Þa bleden [c. 1250 bledes] uorð comen.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1042. He is wod þat soweþ his sed Þar never gras ne springþ ne bled.
a. 1300. Hymn Virg., in Trin. Coll. Hom., 256. Of þe sprong þeô edi blede þe holi gost hire on þe seuȝ.
