a. Obs. In 1 bleað, 3 bleð(e. [Com. Teut.: OE. bléað weak, gentle, timid = OS. blôđi (MDu. blôde, bloot, Du. blood), OHG. blôdi (MHG. blœde, mod.G. blöde weak), ON. blauðr soft, weak, Goth. *blauþs (in blauþjan to make of no force):—OTeut. *blauþi-s without force, weak.] Spiritless, timid.
a. 1000. Riddles, xli. 15 (Gr.). Ic eom to ðon bleað ðæt mec mæʓ grima abreʓan.
c. 1205. Lay., 23620. And moni ænne gode wifmon iwhorht to bleðere widewe.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3907. Friȝti nam forð ðis folc and bleð.
