forbled

From Middle English forbled.

forbled (comparative more forbled, superlative most forbled)

1. (obsolete) covered in blood [16th c.]

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forbled

1. forbled, covered in blood [14th–15th c.]
   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum VII”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XX, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, pages 807–808:

     Now torne we ageyne vnto syre Mordred / that whan he was escaped from the noble knyghte sire Launcelot he anone gat his hors and mounted vpon hym / and rode vnto Kynge Arthur / sore wounded and smyten / and alle forbled / and there he told the kynge alle how hit was / and how they were alle slayne sauf hym self al only

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