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BLÓD

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BLÓD, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §276; §292; §299; §343;
BLOOD, gore; sanguis, cruor
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  • Ðæt blód eów byþ to tácne on ðám húsum, ðe ge on beóþ: ðonne ic ðæt blód geseó, ðonne forbúge ic eów

    erit sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus, in quibus eritis, et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos,

    • Ex. 12, 13
      • :
    • Gen. 4, 10
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    • Jn. Bos. 6, 55
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 16, 17
      • .

  • Wæs ðæt blód hát

    the blood was hot,

    • Beo. Th. 3237
      • ;
    • B. 1616
      • :
    • 3339
      • ;
    • B. 1667
      • :
    • Cd. 9
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 181
      • :
    • Exon. 116 b
      • ;
    • Th. 447, 15
      • ;
    • Dóm. 40
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1907
      • ;
    • An. 956
      • .

  • His swát wæs swylce blódes dropan

    est sudor ejus sicut guttæ sanguinis,

    • Lk. Bos. 22, 44
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    • Mt. Bos. 27, 6, 8
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    • Gen. 4, 11
      • :
    • Exon. 21 b
      • ;
    • Th. 58, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 936
      • .

  • Lá hwilc nýtwyrþnes on mínum blóde

    quæ utilitas in sanguine meo?

    • Ps. Lamb. 29, 10
      • :
    • Lk. Bos. 22, 20
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1698
      • ;
    • B. 847
      • .

  • Hit biþ geworden to blóde

    vertetur in sanguinem,

    • Ex. 4, 9
      • :
    • 7, 17
      • :
    • 29, 21
      • .

  • Swá hwá swá agít mannes blód, his blód biþ agoten

    quicumque effuderit humanum sanguinem, fundetur sanguis illius,

    • Gen. 9, 6
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    • Ps. Lamb. 13, 3
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    • 49, 13
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 46
      • ;
    • An. 23
      • .

  • Gebletsode Romulus mid his bróðor blóde ðone weall, and mid ðara sweora blóde ða cyrican, and mid his eámes blóde ðæt ríce

    Romulus blessed [consecrated] the wall [of Rome] with his brother's blood, the temples with the blood of their fathers-in-law, and the kingdom with his uncles blood,

    • Ors. 2, 2
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    • Bos. 41, 5-7
      • .

  • Meotud ðé gebohte blóde ðý hálgan

    the Lord bought thee with his holy blood,

    • Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 368, 26
      • ;
    • Seel. 30
      • :
    • Rood Kmbl. 96
      • ;
    • Kr. 48
      • .

  • Blóde fáh

    stained with blood,

    • Beo. Th. 1873
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    • B. 934
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    • 3192
      • ;
    • B. 1594
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    • 5940
      • ;
    • B. 2974
      • .

  • Begleddod is eorþe on blódum

    infecia est terra in sanguinibus,

    • Ps. Spl. 105, 36
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  • Deád blód

    clotted blood, gore;

    cruor,

    • Wrt. Voc. 283, 79
      • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. blod
:
Wyc. blood
:
Laym. Orm. blod
:
Scot. bloud
:
Plat. blod, n
:
O. Sax. blód, n
:
Frs. bloed, n
:
North Frs. blot, blöt, n
:
O. Frs. blod, n
:
Dut. O. Dut. bloed, n
:
Ger. blut, n
:
M. H. Ger. bluot, n
:
O. H. Ger. bluot, n
:
Goth. bloþ, n
:
Dan. Swed. blod, n
:
Icel. blóð, n.
]
Derived forms
blód-dolg, -egesa, -fág, -geóte, -gíta, -gýte, -hreów, -hreówa, -lǽtan, -lǽtere, -leás, -reád, -reów, -ryne, -seax, -seten, -siht, -spíwing, -wyrt, -yrnende, blódig, -tóþ, blódeg, blódegian, ge-
Linked entries
v.  deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan blód-hrǽce.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BLÓD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4701.

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