blóð

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Pronunciation

Noun

blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, uncountable)

  1. blood

Declension

Declension of blóð (singular only)
n4s singular
indefinite definite
nominative blóð blóðið
accusative blóð blóðið
dative blóð, blóði blóðnum
genitive blóðs blóðsins

Synonyms

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Pronunciation

Noun

blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, no plural)

  1. blood
  2. offspring, blood relation

Declension

    Declension of blóð
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative blóð blóðið
accusative blóð blóðið
dative blóði blóðinu
genitive blóðs blóðsins

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbloːð/

Noun

blóð n (genitive blóðs)

  1. blood
    • Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
      or brimi bloðgu / ok or bláin leggju.
      from Brimir's blood / and from Blain's limbs.
  2. (figuratively) offspring
    • Stjórn 16, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 47:
      þeir sem hans blóð ok afkuemi uaru drucknuðu ok fyrirforuz i Noa floði.
      those of his offspring and progeny drowned and died in Noah's flood.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: blóð
  • Faroese: blóð
  • Norwegian: blod
  • Old Swedish: blōþ, blodh
  • Old Danish: bloth

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.