A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1513-1560
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Forbled, p.p. [ME. forbled (a 1300), f. Blede v.] Having bled excessively; exhausted by bleeding. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 640.
Thai fand hyre in hir bede Wele nere smoryt & for-blede 1513 Doug. vi. viii. 56.
Thou … wery and forfochtin … Fell down for bled 1533 Boece xiv. vi. 551 b.
Sum parte alsua war sare woundit and forbled 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 4666.
Heuie at hart, richt faint and all forbled
