sb. Obs. In 1 blódlǽs(s, 4 blodles; [OE. f. blód blood + lǽss letting:—OTeut. *lǣs-si-z, for *lǣt-ti-z, f. lǣtan to let. Cf. OE. blód-lǽtan to let blood.] Letting of blood.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 146. Blodlæs is to forganne fiftyne nihtum ær hlafmæsse.
1387. Trevisa, Higden, Rolls Ser. VI. 115. Þe nynþe day after his blodles [post phlebotomiam].
