v. Obs. or arch. [f. BE- + BLEED v.] To cover, or stain with blood, make bloody.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 118. Bledinde mon [v.r. a mon bibled] is grislich.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 1380. Sche caste hure eȝe on Olyuer; & saw him al be-bled.
1485. Caxton, Chas. Gt., 77. The place was alle bybled of the blood.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XIX. ciii. 357. Where lay a warriour murdred new, That all bebled the ground.
1866. Kingsley, Herew., xlii. He is all wounded and be-bled.
