[blæd], st. m.: 1) strength, force, vigor: nom. sg. wäs hira blæd scacen (of both tribes), strength was gone, i.e. the bravest of both tribes lay slain, [1125]; nu is þînes mägnes blæd âne hwîle, now the fulness of thy strength lasts for a time, [1762].—2) reputation, renown, knowledge (with stress upon the idea of filling up, spreading out): nom. sg. blæd, [18]; (þîn) blæd is âræred, thy renown is spread abroad, [1704].
[blæd-âgend], pt., having renown, renowned: nom. pl. blæd-âgende, [1014].
[blæd-fäst], adj., firm in renown, renowned, known afar: acc. sg. blædfästne beorn (of Äschere, with reference to [1329], [1300].
[bleát], adj., miserable, helpless; only in comp. wäl-bleát.
[bleáte], adv., miserably, helplessly, [2825].
[blîcan], st. v., shine, gleam: inf., 222
[blîðe], adj.: 1) blithe, joyous, happy acc. sg. blîðne, [618].—2) gracious, pleasing: nom. sg. blîðe, [436].—Comp. un-blîðe.
[blîð-heort], adj., joyous in heart, happy: nom. sg., [1803].
[blôd], st. n., blood: nom. sg., [1122]; acc. sg., [743]; dat. sg. blôde, [848]; äfter deórum men him langað beorn wið blôde, the hero (Hrôðgâr) longs for the beloved man contrary to blood, i.e. he loves him although he is not related to him by blood, [1881]; dat. as instr. blôde, [486], [935], [1595], etc.
[blôd-fâg], adj., spotted with blood, bloody, [2061].