blundus

blundus [OF blond] , blond, fair (of hair). b (as proper name). c (?) light-coloured. d payable in ‘blanched’ silver (cf. blancus 2). capilli ~i Phys. 44.  b terra Willelmi ~i DB I 337a; Rodbertus Blondus DB II 370; a1155 sicut Rogerus de Guineio ‥ tenuit tempore regis Willelmi ~i [i. e. William Rufus] avunculi mei Cart. Stoke by Clare f. 16; 1218 Willelmus ~us qui dicitur Whit KR Mem 2 r. 4.  c 1397 de ‥ j panno de blod’ carde, vj cushens de blond’ [? l.bloud’] et nigr’ worsted IMisc 266/11.  d 1238 vicecomites ‥ non fecerunt bursam de blund’ firma, et ideo remanet extendenda ad xij d. KR Mem 17, r. 15.