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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: 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: Mt. Bos. 27, 6, 8: 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: Ps. Lamb. 13, 3: 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; 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; B. 934: 3192; B. 1594: 5940; B. 2974.

  • Begleddod is eorþe on blódum

    infecia est terra in sanguinibus,

      Ps. Spl. 105, 36.

  • 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
DER. 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.  blód-hrǽce deád blód blód-forlǽtan blód-lǽtan.
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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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