The story
- Old English · inherited fromġeblōdgian
- Middle English · inherited frombiblodegien
- English todaybebloody
From Middle English biblodegien, alteration of *ȝeblodegien (“to make bloody”), from Old English ġeblōdgian, blōdgian (“to be bloodthirsty, make bloody, cover with blood”), equivalent to be- + bloody. Compare bebleed.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.