blóð

See also: Appendix:Variations of "blod"

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɔuːw/
    Rhymes: -ɔuːw

Noun

blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, uncountable)

  1. blood

Declension

Declension of blóð (singular only)
n4s singular
indefinite definite
nominative blóð blóðið
accusative blóð blóðið
dative blóð, blóði blóðnum
genitive blóðs blóðsins

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plouːð/
    Rhymes: -ouːð

Noun

blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, no plural)

  1. blood
  2. offspring, blood relation

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōþą (blood). Cognate with Old English blōd, Old Frisian blōd, Old Saxon blōd, Old Dutch bluot, Old High German bluot, Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbloːð/

Noun

blóð n (genitive blóðs)

  1. blood
    • Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
      [] or brimi bloðgu / ok or bláin leggju.
      [] from Brimir's blood / and from Blain's limbs.
  2. (figuratively) offspring
    • Stjórn 16, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 47:
      [] þeir sem hans blóð ok afkuemi uaru drucknuðu ok fyrirforuz i Noa floði.
      [] those of his offspring and progeny drowned and died in Noah's flood.

Declension

Derived terms

  • blanda blóði saman (to mix blood together)
  • blóðabrúðgumi ('bloody husband')
  • blóðband (bandage to stop bleeding)
  • blóðbogi (gush of blood)
  • blóðdrefjar (scattering of blood)
  • blóðdrekkr (blood-drinker)
  • blóðdrif (flowing of blood)
  • blóðdropi (blood-drop)
  • blóðdrykkja (drink of blood)
  • blóðdrǫg (streak of blood)
  • blóðfall, blóðfallssótt (dysentery)
  • blóðflekkr (fleck of blood)
  • blóðfors (gush of blood)
  • blóðfullr (full of blood)
  • blóðga (to make bloody)
  • blóðkýll (leech)
  • blóðlauss (bloodless)
  • blóðlifr (clotted blood)
  • blóðligr (bloody)
  • blóðlitr (colour of blood)
  • blóðlát (loss of blood, bleeding)
  • blóðlátinn (that has been bled)
  • blóðlækr (stream of blood)
  • blóðmaðkr (maggot bred in putrefying blood)
  • blóðnætr ('blood-nights')
  • blóðormr (sword)
  • blóðrauðr (blood-red)
  • blóðrefill (point of a sword)
  • blóðreitr (field of blood)
  • blóðreiðr (very wrathful)
  • blóðrekinn (stained with blood)
  • blóðrisa (bruised and bloody)
  • blóðrás (hemorrhage)
  • blóðsakr (field of blood)
  • blóðsegi, blóðsigi (clot of blood)
  • blóðsjúkr (dysenteric)
  • blóðskuld (blood-guilt)
  • blóðslitr (colour of blood)
  • blóðspeningar (price of blood)
  • blóðspýga (spitting of blood)
  • blóðsteigr (field of blood)
  • blóðstjarna (Venus)
  • blóðstokkinn (bespattered with blood)
  • blóðstraumr (stream of blood)
  • blóðsveiti (blood-sweat)
  • blóðsótt (dysentery)
  • blóðsúthelling (shedding of blood)
  • blóðtjǫrn (pool of blood)
  • blóðvaka (drawing of blood)
  • blóðvarmr (warm-blooded)
  • blóðvarta (part of a sword)
  • blóðær (ewe fit for slaughter)
  • blóðǫrn ('blood-eagle')
  • dauðablóð (lifeblood, gore)
  • ganga blóði (to have a hemorrhage)
  • hjartblóð (heart-blood)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: blóð
  • Faroese: blóð
  • Norwegian: blod
  • Old Swedish: blōþ, blodh
  • Old Danish: bloth

References

  • blóð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • blóð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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