Bebleed
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cover or stain with blood; make bloody. archaic, transitive
"And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete"
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More examples"And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete"
Etymology
From Middle English bebleden, equivalent to be- + bleed. Cognate with German beblüten.
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