blóð
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.
Pronunciation
Noun
blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of blóð (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n4s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | blóð | blóðið |
| accusative | blóð | blóðið |
| dative | blóð, blóði | blóðnum |
| genitive | blóðs | blóðsins |
Synonyms
- (poetic): benjardøgg f
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.
Pronunciation
Noun
blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, no plural)
Declension
| Declension of blóð | ||
|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | blóð | blóðið |
| accusative | blóð | blóðið |
| dative | blóði | blóðinu |
| genitive | blóðs | blóðsins |
Synonyms
- (blood): (archaic) dreyri
Derived terms
terms derived from "blóð"
- blóðappelsína
- blóðarfi
- blóðbað
- blóðband
- blóðbanki
- blóðbarg
- blóðbjörg
- blóðbogi (gush or jet of blood)
- blóðbolli (syn. blótbolli)
- blóðdrefjar (scattering of blood)
- blóðdrekkur (one who drinks blood)
- blóðdrif (flowing of blood)
- blóðdropi (a drop of blood)
- blóðdrykkja (drinking of blood)
- blóðeik
- blóðeisa
- blóðeitrun
- blóðfall (hemorrhage)
- blóðfallssótt (the bloody flux, dysentery)
- blóðfjöður
- blóðflaga
- blóðflekkur (fleck or stain of blood)
- blóðflokkur
- blóðfors (gush of blood)
- blóðfórn
- blóðfullur m, blóðfull f, blóðfullt n (full of blood)
- blóðga (to make bloody, to smear with blood)
- blóðgast (to become bloody)
- blóðgagl
- blóðgangur
- blóðgjafi
- blóðgjöf
- blóðgresi
- blóðgun
- blóðhefnd
- blóðheitur m, blóðheit f, blóðheitt n
- blóðhimna
- blóðhiti
- blóðhlaup
- blóðhlaupinn m, blóðhlaupin f, blóðhlaupið n
- blóðhorn
- blóðhósti
- blóðhundur
- blóði
- blóðís
- blóðjárna
- blóðkýll (blood bag, fig. bloodsucker)
- blóðkollur
- blóðkoppur
- blóðkorn
- blóðkreppa
- blóðkreppusótt
- blóðlanga
- blóðlát (loss of blood)
- blóðlát (blood-letting, bleeding)
- blóðlátinn ( bled)
- blóðlatur
- blóðlaus (bloodless)
- blóðleysi
- blóðlifur (clotted blood)
- blóðlilja
- blóðlitaður
- blóðlítill
- blóðlýsa
- blóðlækur (a stream of blood)
- blóðmaðkur (a maggot bred in putrefying blood)
- blóðmarka
- blóðmiga
- blóðmura
- blóðmör
- blóðmörskeppur
- blóðnál
- blóðnæli
- blóðnasir
- blóðnætur f pl ("blood-nights" in the proverb "blóðnætur eru hverjum bráðastar" referring to the fierce desire to revenge a homicide newly committed)
- blóðormur
- blóðrannsókn
- blóðrás
- blóðrauði
- blóðrauður (blood-red)
- blóðrás (hemorrhage)
- blóðrefill (point of a sword)
- blóðregn
- blóðreiður (very wrathful)
- blóðreitur m (a field of blood)
- blóðrekinn (stained with blood)
- blóðríkur
- blóðrisa (blár og blóðrisa meaning "bruised and bloody")
- blóðrjóður
- blóðroðna
- blóðrót
- blóðsegi/blóðsigi (clot of blood)
- blóðseiði
- blóðsifjar
- blóðsigi
- blóðsíld
- blóðsjúkur (dysenteric)
- blóðslitur (colour of blood)
- blóðskítsmát
- blóðskuld
- blóðskömm
- blóðsnöggur
- blóðsóley
- blóðsótt (dysentery)
- blóðsprengur
- blóðspýja (spitting of blood)
- blóðspýtingur
- blóðsteinbrjótur
- blóðsteinn
- blóðstemma
- blóðstemmusteinn
- blóðstjarna (the bloody star, Venus)
- blóðstokkinn (bespattered with blood)
- blóðstorkinn (stiff with gore, gory)
- blóðstraumur (stream of blood)
- blóðsuga
- blóðsúthelling f (shedding of blood)
- blóðsykur
- blóðsökk
- blóðtaka
- blóðtala
- blóðtappi
- blóðtengdir
- blóðtjörn (pool of blood)
- blóðughadda
- blóðugur (bloody)
- blóðuxi
- blóðvalur
- blóðvaka f (drawing of blood, compare vekja blóð)
- blóðvatn
- blóðvita
- blóðvökvi
- blóðvöllur
- blóðvöndur
- blóðþyrstur
- blóðæð
- blóðæsar
- blóðær f (a ewe fit for slaughter)
- blóðörn m (blood-eagle)
- rista einhvern blóðörn
- rista blóðörn á baki (a cruel method of putting captured enemies to death in the heathen times)
- blóðöx ("bloody axe" a person's nickname)
- lambsblóð
- letiblóð
- holblóð (blood from the inwards)
phrases derived from "blóð"
- rann honum mjög blóð m, rann henni mjög blóð f, rann því mjög blóð n (he/she/it lost much blood)
- nema blóð/taka blóð (to bleed one)
- gefa blóð
- vekja sér blóð
- blóðga sig
- í líf og blóði
- það er meira blóð í kúnni
- ganga blóði (to have a hemorrhage or dysentery)
- gera í blóðið sitt
- mér er blóðilla við þetta
- blóðsjá eftir einhverju
- vekja e-m blóð (to draw the blood of one)
- blanda blóði saman (to enter into a foster-brothership by mixing blood together)
Old Norse
Etymology
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
Noun
blóð n (genitive blóðs)
Declension
Declension of blóð (strong a-stem, singular only)
Derived terms
- blanda blóði saman (“to mix blood together”)
- blóðabrúðgumi (“'bloody husband'”)
- blóðband (“bandage to stop bleeding”)
- blóðbogi (“gush of blood”)
- blóðdrefjar (“scattering of blood”)
- blóðdrekkr (“blood-drinker”)
- blóðdrif (“flowing of blood”)
- blóðdropi (“blood-drop”)
- blóðdrykkja (“drink of blood”)
- blóðdrǫg (“streak of blood”)
- blóðfall, blóðfallssótt (“dysentery”)
- blóðflekkr (“fleck of blood”)
- blóðfors (“gush of blood”)
- blóðfullr (“full of blood”)
- blóðga (“to make bloody”)
- blóðkýll (“leech”)
- blóðlauss (“bloodless”)
- blóðlifr (“clotted blood”)
- blóðligr (“bloody”)
- blóðlitr (“colour of blood”)
- blóðlát (“loss of blood, bleeding”)
- blóðlátinn (“that has been bled”)
- blóðlækr (“stream of blood”)
- blóðmaðkr (“maggot bred in putrefying blood”)
- blóðnætr (“'blood-nights'”)
- blóðormr (“sword”)
- blóðrauðr (“blood-red”)
- blóðrefill (“point of a sword”)
- blóðreitr (“field of blood”)
- blóðreiðr (“very wrathful”)
- blóðrekinn (“stained with blood”)
- blóðrisa (“bruised and bloody”)
- blóðrás (“hemorrhage”)
- blóðsakr (“field of blood”)
- blóðsegi, blóðsigi (“clot of blood”)
- blóðsjúkr (“dysenteric”)
- blóðskuld (“blood-guilt”)
- blóðslitr (“colour of blood”)
- blóðspeningar (“price of blood”)
- blóðspýga (“spitting of blood”)
- blóðsteigr (“field of blood”)
- blóðstjarna (“Venus”)
- blóðstokkinn (“bespattered with blood”)
- blóðstraumr (“stream of blood”)
- blóðsveiti (“blood-sweat”)
- blóðsótt (“dysentery”)
- blóðsúthelling (“shedding of blood”)
- blóðtjǫrn (“pool of blood”)
- blóðvaka (“drawing of blood”)
- blóðvarmr (“warm-blooded”)
- blóðvarta (“part of a sword”)
- blóðær (“ewe fit for slaughter”)
- blóðǫrn (“'blood-eagle'”)
- dauðablóð (“lifeblood, gore”)
- ganga blóði (“to have a hemorrhage”)
- hjartblóð (“heart-blood”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: blóð
- Faroese: blóð
- Norwegian: blod
- Old Swedish: blōþ, blodh
- Swedish: blod
- Old Danish: bloth
- Danish: blod
References
- 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.