blæd

Senses

1. blast, blowing

   Eft hē ontende sum hǣðen templ: þā ġewende sē līġ, ðurh þǣs windes blǣd, tō sumes mannes hūse, ðe þǣr ġehende stōd; ac Martinus āstāh on ðām stiċelan hrōfe, and sette hine sylfne onġēan ðām sweġendum līġe, and hē sōna ðrēow ðwyres wið þǣs windes

   Afterwards he set fire to a heathen temple; then through the blowing of the wind, the fire turned to a man's house that stood nearby; but Martinus climbed on the steep roof and set himself against the roaring fire, and he immediately turned it the opposite direction of the wind

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. inspiration; breath, life, spirit; glory, splendor

   ferðloca frēoriġ, · nalæs foldan blǣd.

   His path of exile not at all hold twisted gold, the cold spirit, not at all earth's glory.

   Warað hine wræclāst, · nales wunden gold,

3. prosperity, wealth, riches

   Forþon þæt eorla ġehwām, æftercweþendra lof lifġendra lāstworda betst. Þæt hē ġewyrċe, ǣr hē on weġ sċyle, fremman on foldan wið fēonda nīþ, dēorum dǣdum dēofle tōġēanes, þæt hine ælda bearn æfter herġen, ond his lof siþþan lifġe mid englum āwa tō ealdre, ēċan līfes blǣd, drēam mid dugeþum.

   Thus, for every man, the praise of the after-speakers is the best of the living ones' reputations. That he would make it well, before he should set off on the way, to further on Earth against foes' hate, by bold deeds against the Devil, that children of men would afterwards praise him, and his honor since would live among the angels for ever and ever, blessedness, bliss with glees of the everlasti

   10th century, The Seafarer:

4. success

5. dignity

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. leaf

2. the broad, flat blade of a utensil (e.g., an oar or spade)

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. alternative form of blēd