blod

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Belizean Creole

Blod

Etymology

    Derived from English blood.

    Noun

    blod

    1. blood

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    Danish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Danish bloth, from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (blood), cognate with English blood, German Blut, and German Low German Blood, Bloot.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): ,
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    • Rhymes: -oð

    Noun

    blod n (singular definite blodet, not used in plural form)

    1. blood

    Usage notes

    In compounds, blod- or blods-.

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    Manx

    Etymology

    Derived from Old English blæd.

    Noun

    blod m (genitive singular , plural )

    1. blade

    Mutation

    Mutation of blod
    radical lenition eclipsis
    blod vlod mlod

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Middle English

    Noun

    blod

    1. alternative form of blood

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Wikipedia nb

    Etymology

    Derived from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (blood). Cognates include English blood, German Blut, and German Low German Blood, Bloot.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    blod n (definite singular blodet, uncountable)

    1. blood

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (blood). Cognates include English blood, German Blut, and German Low German Blood, Bloot.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    blod n (definite singular blodet, uncountable)

    1. blood

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    Old English

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą, of unknown origin.

      Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon blōd, Old Dutch bluot, Old High German bluot, Old Norse blóð, and Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      blōd n

      1. blood
        • Wæs þæt blōd hāt.
          The blood was hot.
          (Beowulf)
        • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
          An. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.
          Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.
        • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
          Moyses, ðurh Godes mihte, āwende eal heora wæter tō rēadum blōde, and hē āfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lūsum, ðā flugon into heora mūðe and heora næsðyrlum; and sē Ælmihtiġa ðone mōdiġan cyning mid þām eaðelicum ġesċeaftum swā gėswencte...
          Moses, through the power of God, turned all their water into red blood, and filled all of their land with frogs, and then with gnats, and afterwards with dogflies, which flew into their mouths and their nostrils; the Almighty punished their proud king in that way with every kind of creature...

      Declension

      Strong a-stem:

      singular plural
      nominative blōd blōd
      accusative blōd blōd
      genitive blōdes blōda
      dative blōde blōdum

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      Descendants

      • Middle English: blood

      Old Frisian

      Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *blōd.

        Noun

        blōd n

        1. blood
        2. consanguinity

        Declension

        Declension of blōd (neuter a-stem)
        singular plural
        nominative blōd blōd
        accusative blōd blōd
        genitive blōdes blōda
        dative blōde blōdum, blōdem

        Descendants

        References

        • Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
        • Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

        Old Saxon

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

        Noun

        blōd n

        1. blood

        Declension

        blōd (neuter a-stem)
        singular plural
        nominative blōd blōd
        accusative blōd blōd
        genitive blōdes blōdō
        dative blōde blōdun
        instrumental

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        Swedish

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        Wikipedia sv

        Etymology

        Inherited from Old Swedish blōþ, from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (blood).

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        blod n or c

        1. blood

        Declension

        Declension of blod
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite blod blods
        definite blodet blodets
        plural indefinite
        definite

        References

        Volapük

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        blod (nominative plural blods)

        1. brother
          Synonym: higem
          Hypernym: gem (sibling)
          Coordinate terms: jigem (sister), jiblod (sister), sör (sister)
          • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 15:
            Blod mena at binom sudik.
            The brother of this man is deaf.
          • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:
            E kis-li? Logol cipi in log bloda olik, e bemi in log olik no küpol!
            Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the great log in your own?

        Declension

        Declension of blod
        singular plural
        nominative blod blods
        genitive bloda blodas
        dative blode blodes
        accusative blodi blodis
        vocative 1 o blod! o blods!
        predicative 2 blodu blodus

        1 status as a case is disputed
        2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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