blæd

From Proto-West Germanic *blad, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₃-tó-m, from *bʰleh₃-.

Cognate with Old Frisian bled (West Frisian bled), Old Saxon blad, Dutch blad, Old High German blat (German Blatt), Old Norse blað (Danish blad, Icelandic blað).

• IPA^(key): /blæd/

blæd n

1. leaf
2. the broad, flat blade of a utensil (e.g., an oar or spade)

Strong a-stem:

• mæġeþblæd, mæġþblæd

• Middle English: blad, blaad, bladd, blade, blayd, blayde (Late Middle English)
  • English: blade; blad
  • Scots: blade, blaid, bled

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?)

• IPA^(key): /blæːd/

blǣd m

1. 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

2. 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.

3. prosperity, wealth, riches
4. success
5. dignity

Strong a-stem:

See blēd.

• IPA^(key): /blæːd/

blǣd f

1. alternative form of blēd

• blǣdnes