bladum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === blada, blava (collective forms) blaudum === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *blād (“field produce”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“flower, leaf, blossom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, flower”). Compare Old English blǣd (etymology 3). First documented in the late seventh century. === Noun === bladum n (genitive bladī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin) kind of grain, wheat Synonyms: frūmentum, trīticum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === "bladum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Old English == === Noun === bladum dative plural of blæd