Bled
/blɛd/noun
To lose blood, especially as a result of injury or surgery.
Did you know?In medieval medicine, bloodletting was believed to balance the body's humors, making 'bled' a term steeped in both healing and harm.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰleḱ-
“to be wet, to flow”
Old English
Old English
blēdan
“to cause to flow, to bleed”
Middle English
Middle English
bledden
“to lose blood, to be wounded”
Modern English
English
bled
“past tense of bleed, to have lost blood”