Old English · noun
blædre
Normalised blǣdre
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈblæːd.re/
- Syllables
- ˈblæːd · re (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- bladderblisterpimplepustule
Meaning
-
bladder
-
pimple, pustule, blister
Þæt sixte wīte wæs, þæt mislīċe ḡeswel and blǣdran asprungon on heora līchaman on eallum his folce.
The sixth plague was that various swellings and pustules sprung up on the bodies of all of his people.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blādrā, from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ.
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