blǿða

See also: bloda, blöda, bļoda, and bļodā

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną, from the root of blóð (“blood”). Compare Old English blēdan, Old Frisian blēda, Old High German bluoten.

Verb

blǿða (singular past indicative blœddi, plural past indicative blœddu, past participle blœtt)

1. to bleed

Descendants

• Icelandic: blæða
• Faroese: bløða
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blø
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blø, bløde, bløda
• Old Swedish: bløþa, blø̄þa
  • Swedish: blöda
• Old Danish:
  • Danish: bløde