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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1500-1610
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Bledder, Bleddir, n. Also: bled(d)yr; blether. [e.m.E. and ME. bledder, ME. bleddere, bleddre (with var. bladdre, etc.), OE. blédre, blǽdre.] A bladder. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii. 12.
It brakis the stane That man in bledyr or ner has tane c1420 Wynt. ii. 577.
Syne in thare bleddyris boldnyt bylis c1500 Rowll Cursing 154.
Serpentis and edderis Mott stuf ȝour bellyes & ȝour bledderis 1540 Lynd. Sat. Proclam. 275.
Or ȝe cum thair, faill nocht to teme ȝour bleddir 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 65/21.
Ane pipe maid of ane bleddir and of ane reid 15.. Christis K. 96.
He hit him on the wame a wap. It buft lyk ony bledder 1570 Satirical Poems xxiv. 88.
As ane bledder blawin 1597 Edinburgh Testaments XXX. 259 b.
Fyve hundretht bledderis 1610 Fam. Burnet 208.
Then make it upe in roules and keepe in blether or papereattrib. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lx. 23.
Blait-mowit bladȝeanes, with bledder cheikis
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