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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BLID, n. Blood. The mod. pronunciation [blɪd] of older blude [blyd] in em. and wm.Sc. See P.L.D. § 35 and Blude, n.

Sc. form of Eng. blood.Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie Poems in Two Tongues 59:
And the auld blid biles up in me and speaks O' far dim herbours.Ork. 1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 23:
"Yaas, I kin afford id, bit that disno mak' me like id. An' onywey this Pottinger wants me blid. He says id in his letter. ... "m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 31:
I canna credit that his blid is bew
whase faithers kent nae chairgers, helm or glaive
but brewt guid yill wi baurley-maut an barm.