blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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[blót a sacrifice, mónaþ month] November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is
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blód-gemenged
blood-stained
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blood-stained Þone blódgemengedan middaneard, Wlfst. 182, 11
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blód-hrǽcan
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Dele
blód-lǽtan
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Dele
ge-blót
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Bringan þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 26. Hé wæs blótende diófolgildum mid monslihtum . . . Eów mæg gescomian þæt gé swá heánlic geþóht sceoldon on eów geniman for ánes monnes ege and for ánes monnes geblóte
blód-lǽte
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Blood-letting, bleeding Æt blódlǽtan, Lch. ii. 16, 8
mónaþ-blód
Menstruum
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Menstruum Mónaþblód menstrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 22: menstrua, i. 46, 13
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blód-fág
Stained with blood ⬩ sanguine tinctus
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[fág tinctus] Stained with blood; sanguine tinctus Is me bánhús blódfág my body [lit. bone-house] is stained with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2809; An. 1407: Beo. Th. 4127; B. 2060
blód-forlǽtan
To let blood, bleed ⬩ sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare
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To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Ðæt heó niwan blódforlǽten wǽre on earme that she had been lately bled in the arm; quia phlebotomata est nuper in brachio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 4
blód-geótan
to pour out or shed blood ⬩ sanguinem effundere
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to pour out or shed blood; sanguinem effundere
blód-hrǽcan
To retch or spit blood ⬩ sanguinem excreare ⬩ to retch
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To retch or spit blood; sanguinem excreare
blód-læswu
A blood-letting ⬩ sanguinis emissio
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A blood-letting; sanguinis emissio Frægn se bisceop hwonne hire blódlæswu ǽrest wǽre the bishop asked when was first her blood-letting, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 12, 15. On ðære blódlæswe in the blood-letting, 5, 3; S. 616, 5
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blód-dryncas
Blood-sheddings, blood-shed ⬩ sanguinis effluvium
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Blood-sheddings, blood-shed; sanguinis effluvium Seó eorþbeofung tácnade ða miclan blóddryncas the earthquake betokened the great blood-sheddings, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 29
blód-geótende
Shedding blood, blood-thirsty ⬩ sanguinem effundens, sanguinolentus
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Shedding blood, blood-thirsty; sanguinem effundens, sanguinolentus Weras blódgeótende viri sanguinum, Ps. Spl. 54, 27
blód-reád
BLOOD-RED ⬩ sanguineus
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BLOOD-RED; sanguineus Ðæt þridde cyn ys sanguineus, ðæt is blódreád the third sort is sanguineus, that is blood-red, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 16
blód-lǽtere
A blood letter ⬩ phlebotomarius
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A blood letter; phlebotomarius, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 93; Wrt. Voc. 22, 10
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blód-wanian
To diminish blood ⬩ sanguinem minuere
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[wanian to diminish] To diminish blood; sanguinem minuere Nys ná gód móna blódwanian it is not a good moon for diminishing blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 16