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blód-gýte

  • noun [ masculine ]
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blód-gýte, es; m. [blód, gýte a flowing, from gýt flows out, pres. of geótan] .
a flowing or
running of blood; sanguinis profluvium
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  • Gif men blód út of nósum yrne tó swíðe, syle him drincan fífleáfan on wíne, and smyre ðæt heáfod mid ðam; ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgýte sóna

    if blood run from a man out of his nostrils too much, give him to drink fiveleaf in wine, and smear the head with it; then the blood-running will soon staunch,

      Herb. 3, 5; Lchdm. i. 88, 8-10.
a blood-shedding, bloodshed; sanguinis effusio
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  • Ðǽr wæs se mǽsta blódgýte

    there was the greatest bloodshed,

      Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 26.
  • Wǽron ða mǽstan blódgýtas

    there were the greatest blood-sheddings,

      Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 31.
  • Bútan blódgýte

    without bloodshed,

      Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 11.
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v.  blód-geóte.
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