blæd

== Old English == === Etymology 1 === 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). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /blæd/ ==== Noun ==== blæd n leaf the broad, flat blade of a utensil (e.g., an oar or spade) ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== mæġeþblæd, mæġþblæd ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: blad, blaad, bladd, blade, blayd, blayde (Late Middle English)English: blade; bladScots: blade, blaid, bled === Etymology 2 === 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?) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /blæːd/ ==== Noun ==== blǣd m blast, blowing Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church inspiration; breath, life, spirit; glory, splendor prosperity, wealth, riches success dignity ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: === Etymology 3 === See blēd. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /blæːd/ ==== Noun ==== blǣd f alternative form of blēd ===== Derived terms ===== blǣdnes