blóð
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.
Pronunciation
Noun
blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, uncountable)
Declension
| 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
Derived terms
terms derived from "blóð"
- blóðappelsína
- blóðarfi
- blóðbað
- blóðband
- blóðbanki
- blóðbarg
- blóðbjörg
- blóðbogi (“gush or jet of blood”)
- blóðbolli (synonym 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 (“full of blood”)
- blóðga (“to make bloody, to smear with blood”)
- blóðgast (“to become bloody”)
- blóðgagl
- blóðgangur
- blóðgjafi
- blóðgjöf
- blóðgresi
- blóðgun
- blóðhefnd
- blóðheitur
- blóðhimna
- blóðhiti
- blóðhlaup
- blóðhlaupinn
- blóðhorn
- blóðhósti
- blóðhundur
- blóði
- blóðís
- blóðjárna
- blóðkýll (“blood bag; (figuratively) 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 (“blood-nights”) (in the proverb blóðnætur eru hverjum bráðastar, referring to the fierce desire to avenge a homicide newly committed)
- blóðormur
- blóðrannsókn
- blóðrás
- blóðrauði
- blóðrauður (“blood-red”)
- blóðrás (“hemorrhage”)
- blóðrefill (“point of a sword”)
- blóðregn
- blóðreiður (“very wrathful”)
- blóðreitur (“a field of blood”)
- blóðrekinn (“stained with blood”)
- blóðríkur
- blóðrisa, in blár og blóðrisa (“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 (“shedding of blood”)
- blóðsykur
- blóðsökk
- blóðtaka
- blóðtala
- blóðtappi
- blóðtengdir
- blóðtjörn (“pool of blood”)
- blóðughadda
- blóðugur (“bloody”)
- blóðuxi
- blóðvalur
- blóðvaka (“drawing of blood”); compare vekja blóð
- blóðvatn
- blóðvita
- blóðvökvi
- blóðvöllur
- blóðvöndur
- blóðþyrstur
- blóðæð
- blóðæsar
- blóðær (“a ewe fit for slaughter”)
- blóðörn (“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
Further reading
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “blóð”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 69
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “blóð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/59 Internet Archive]