blead

Meaning

Noun

• Fruit.
• Blowing; breath; inspiration.

Origin

• From Middle English blede ("fruit, flower, offspring"), from Old English blǣd, blēd, from Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with Scots bleed ("to produce, yield good results"), German Blüte ("flower, blossom, bloom, prosperity"); also Latin flōs ("flower, bloom"), Old Irish bláth ("flower, blossom, bloom").
• From Middle English blede, from Old English blǣd ("blowing, blast, breath, inspiration"), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz ("blowing, breath, puff"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ("to blow up, inflate, puff up, swell"). Cognate with Old High German blāt ("blowing, wheezing, panting").