blóð

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, uncountable)

  1. blood

Declension

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Declension of blóð (singular only)
n4s singular
indefinite definite
nominative blóð blóðið
accusative blóð blóðið
dative blóð, blóði blóðnum
genitive blóðs blóðsins

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, no plural)

  1. blood
  2. offspring, blood relation

Declension

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    Declension of blóð
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative blóð blóðið
accusative blóð blóðið
dative blóði blóðinu
genitive blóðs blóðsins

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *blōþą (blood). Cognate with Old English blōd, Old Frisian blōd, Old Saxon blōd, Old Dutch bluot, Old High German bluot, Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ).

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbloːð/

Noun

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blóð n (genitive blóðs)

  1. blood
    • Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
      [] or brimi bloðgu / ok or bláin leggju.
      [] from Brimir's blood / and from Blain's limbs.
  2. (figuratively) offspring
    • Stjórn 16, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 47:
      [] þeir sem hans blóð ok afkuemi uaru drucknuðu ok fyrirforuz i Noa floði.
      [] those of his offspring and progeny drowned and died in Noah's flood.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: blóð
  • Faroese: blóð
  • Norwegian: blod
  • Old Swedish: blōþ, blodh
  • Old Danish: bloth

References

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  • blóð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • blóð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.