blóta

• blóte (e and split infinitives)

From Old Norse blóta, from Proto-Germanic *blōtaną.

blóta (present tense blótar, past tense blóta, past participle blóta, passive infinitive blótast, present participle blótande, imperative blóta/blót)

1. (historical) to sacrifice

blóta n

1. definite plural of blót

• “blóta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *blōtaną.

blóta (singular past indicative blét, plural past indicative blétu, past participle blótinn)

1. (Germanic paganism, transitive) to worship (with sacrifice)
   • Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar (AM 61 fol manuscript, normalised orthography)

     Gestrinn svarar: "Ǫgvaldr var konungr ok hermaðr mikill. Hann blótaði mest kú eina, ok hafði hana með sér hvar sem hann fór, á sjá eðr landi. Þótt honum heilsamligt at drekka jafnan mjǫlk hennar. Ok er sá orðskviðr þaðan er margir hafa, at allt skal fara saman karl ok kýr."

     The guest answers: "Ǫgvaldr was a king and a great warrior. He worshipped most of all a single cow, and had her with him whereever he went, on sea or on land. He thought it most wholesome to always drink her milk, and thereof is the saying which many know, that 'man and cow should always go together.'

2. (Germanic paganism, transitive) to sacrifice

The accusative refers to that which is worshipped, and the dative refers to that which is sacrificed.

• blót n (“ritual feast; sacrifice”)

• blóta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.