blæd

From Proto-Germanic *bladą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, 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. a leaf
2. the broad, flat blade of a utensil (e.g. an oar or spade)

• Middle English: blad, blade
  • Scots: blad, blaud, blaid
  • English: blade

From a conflation of Proto-Germanic *blēdaz, *blēdō (“flower, leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēdh-, *bhlō(w)-, *bhol- (“to flower; leaf”) and Proto-Germanic *blēdaz (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlē-, *bhAl- (“to blow, inflate”). 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.

• IPA^(key): /blæːd/

blǣd m

1. blast, blowing
2. inspiration; breath, life, spirit; glory, splendor
3. prosperity, wealth, riches
4. success
5. dignity

See blēd.

• IPA^(key): /blæːd/

blǣd f

1. Alternative form of blēd