blote

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English

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Verb

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blote (third-person singular simple present blotes, present participle bloting, simple past and past participle bloted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse blóta, from Proto-Germanic *blōtaną, cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 (blōtan, to worship).

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Verb

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blote (imperative blot, infinitive at blote, present tense bloter, past tense blotede, perfect tense har blotet)

  1. to make a sacrifice (especially a blood sacrifice by heathens)

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Adjective

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blote

  1. inflection of bloot:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Norwegian Nynorsk

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blote (present tense blotar, past tense blota, past participle blota, passive infinitive blotast, present participle blotande, imperative blote/blot)

  1. Alternative form of blóte
  2. Alternative form of blòte

Noun

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blote m or f (definite singular bloten or blota, indefinite plural blotar or bloter, definite plural blotane or blotene)

  1. Alternative form of blòte

Old English

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Verb

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blōte

  1. first-person singular present indicative of blōtan