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blótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
blótan, ic blóte, ðú blótest, blétst, he blóteþ, blét, pl. blótaþ; p. ic, he bleót, ðú bleóte, pl. bleóton; pp. blóten; v. a.
Wright's OE grammar
§519;
[blót a sacrifice] To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrifice; immolare, sacrificare
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  • Ðæt hí hiora godum ðe ýð blótan meahton

    that they might the more easily sacrifice to their gods,

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Bos. 40, 37
      • :
    • 4, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 80, 39
      • :
    • 5, 2
      • ;
    • Bos. 102, 16
      • .

  • Ongunnon heora bearn blótan feóndum

    immolaverunt filios suos dæmoniis,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 27
      • :
    • Cd. 138
      • ;
    • Th. 173, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2856
      • .

  • Úre yldran on ðam mónþe bleóton á

    our forefathers always sacrificed in this month,

    • Hick. Thes. i. 219, 57
      • .

  • Ða burhleóde on Cartaina bleóton [bliotan MS.] men hira godum

    the inhabitants of Carthage sacrificed men to their gods,

    • Ors. cont. 4, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 11, 32
      • .

  • Ðæt hine mon ǽnigum godum blóte

    that a man sacrifice him to any gods,

    • Ors. 1, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 31, 11
      • .

  • Ðæt hí ða git swíðor blótten, ðonne hie ǽr dydon

    that they should sacrifice still more than they had done before,

    • 4, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 80, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
M. H. Ger. bluoten
:
O. H. Ger. blozan, ploazzan, plozan
:
Goth. blotan
:
O. Dan. blothe
:
Swed. blota
:
Icel. blóta sacrificare.
]
Derived forms
a-blótan, on-
Linked entries
v.  a-blótan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “blótan.” 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/4746.

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