bleden

From blede +‎ -en (plural suffix).

bleden

1. plural of blede

From Old English blēdan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną.

• blede, bleede

• IPA^(key): /ˈbleːdən/

bleden

2. To bleed; to experience blood loss:
   1. To have blood gush or come forth.
   2. To cause to bleed; to induce bleeding.
   3. To bleed in or on an object.
      • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VIII, by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur , London: David Nutt, , 1889, →OCLC:

        And so Sir Trystrames bledde bothe the over-shete and the neyther-shete, and the pylowes and the hede-shete

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3. To pass away (especially from blood loss caused by injury)
4. To smear or mark with bloodstains.
5. To undergo sorrow or distress.

• English: bleed
• Scots: blede, bleid

• “blẹ̄den, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-21.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbleː.den/

blēden

1. plural present subjunctive of blēdan

bledȅn

1. passive past participle of blésti