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blódig

  • adjective
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Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§431;
BLOODY; sanguineus, cruentus
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  • Ne sý him bánes bryce, ne blódig wund

    let there not be to him a breaking of bone, nor a bloody wound,

    • Exon. 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 143, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 670
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2945
      • ;
    • An. 1475
      • .

  • Se bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár

    he plucked the bloody dart from the chief,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 21
      • ;
    • By. 154
      • .

  • Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge

    behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2883
      • ;
    • An. 1444
      • .

  • He byreþ blódig wæl

    he will bear off my bloody corpse,

    • Beo. Th. 900
      • ;
    • B. 448
      • .

  • He his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre

    he shot his kinsman with a bloody arrow,

    • 4872
      • ;
    • B. 2440
      • .

  • Ealle him brimu blódige þuhton

    all the waters seemed bloody to them,

    • Cd. 170
      • ;
    • Th. 214, 20
      • ;
    • Exod. 572
      • .

  • Ða hwettaþ hyra blódigan téþ

    who whet their bloody teeth,

    • L. E. I. prm
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 396, 6
      • .

  • Blódigum teárum

    with bloody tears,

      Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 20; Cri. 1175.

  • Blódig útsiht

    a dysentery;

    dysenteria,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 11
      • ;
    • Som. 57, 51
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 19, 53
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. blódag
:
O. Frs. blodich
:
Dut. bloedig
:
Ger. blutig
:
M. H. Ger. bluotec
:
O. H. Ger. blótag
:
Dan. Swed. blodig
:
Icel. blóðigr.
]
Derived forms
ge-blódegian
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “blódig.” 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/4717.

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  • blódig, adj.

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