bloodless

The story

1. Old English · derived fromblōdlēas“bloodless”
2. Middle English · derived fromblodles
3. English todaybloodless

From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.