"blót" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbloːt/ (note: 12th century Icelandic)
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *blōtą (“offering, sacrifice”). Cognate with Old English blōt and the first part of Old High German bluozhūs (“heathen temple”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlād- (“to offer, sacrifice”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*blōtą||offering, sacrifice}} Proto-Germanic *blōtą (“offering, sacrifice”), {{cog|ang|blōt}} Old English blōt, {{cog|goh|bluozhūs||heathen temple}} Old High German bluozhūs (“heathen temple”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*bʰlād-||to offer, sacrifice}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰlād- (“to offer, sacrifice”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} blót n, {{non-noun|n|blóts|blót}} blót n (genitive blóts, plural blót) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-a|blót|blót}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=blótin|api=blót|asd=blótit|asi=blót|dpd=blótunum|dpi=blótum|dsd=blótinu|dsi=blóti|g=neuter|gpd=blótanna|gpi=blóta|gsd=blótsins|gsi=blóts|notes=|npd=blótin|npi=blót|nsd=blótit|nsi=blót|stem=strong a-stem|title=blót}}, {{non-decl-cell|blót|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blót|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blót|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blót|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blóti|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótinu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blóts|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|blóta|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|blótanna|gpd}} Forms: blóts [genitive], blót [plural], strong [table-tags], blót [indefinite, nominative, singular], blótit [definite, nominative, singular], blót [indefinite, nominative, plural], blótin [definite, nominative, plural], blót [accusative, indefinite, singular], blótit [accusative, definite, singular], blót [accusative, indefinite, plural], blótin [accusative, definite, plural], blóti [dative, indefinite, singular], blótinu [dative, definite, singular], blótum [dative, indefinite, plural], blótunum [dative, definite, plural], blóts [genitive, indefinite, singular], blótsins [definite, genitive, singular], blóta [genitive, indefinite, plural], blótanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (Germanic paganism, especially in the plural) offering Tags: Germanic, especially, in-plural, neuter Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-blót-non-noun-VpEJOr4t Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
  2. (Germanic paganism) sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast Tags: Germanic, neuter Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-blót-non-noun-8yA-yR3g Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
  3. (Germanic paganism) offering site, a place to make offerings Tags: Germanic, neuter Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-blót-non-noun-l6JIAMDl Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
  4. cursing, an offering for the purpose of seeking vengeance against an other Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-blót-non-noun-YJyStW69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blóta (english: to worship), blóthús (english: heathen temple, sacrificial hut), blǿti (english: idol)
Derived forms: blótan (english: sacrificing), blótauðigr (english: rich in sacrifice), blótbað (english: sacrificial bath), blótbiskup (english: heathen priest), blótbolli (english: sacrificial bowl), blótdómr (english: idolatry), blótdrykkja (english: sacrificial feast), blótfé (english: sacred goods), blótgoði (english: heathen priest), blótgrǫf (english: sacrificial den), blótguð (english: heathen god), blótgyðja (english: heathen priestess), blóthaugr (english: sacrificial mound), blóthof (english: heathen temple), blóthús (english: heathen house of worship), blóthǫrgr (english: sacrificial altar), blótkalfr (english: the golden calf), blótkelda (english: sacrificial fen), blótklæði (english: sacrificial garments), blótkona (english: idolatress), blótlundr (english: sacred grove), blótmaðr (english: idolater), blótmatr (english: food eaten at sacrificial feast), blótnaðr (english: idolatry), blótnaut (english: sacrificial ox), blótprestr (english: heathen priest), blótrisi (english: giant worshipped as an idol), blótskapr (english: heathenry, idolatry), blótskógr (english: sacred forest), blótspánn (english: chip used in divination), blótstaðr [place], blótstallr (english: sacrificial altar), blóttré (english: sacred tree), blóttrygill (english: sacrificial trough), blótveizla (english: sacrificial feats), blótviðr (english: sacred wood), blótvilla (english: heathen heresy), blótvǫllr (english: sacrificial field), goðablót (english: sacrifice to the gods)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "sacrificing",
      "word": "blótan"
    },
    {
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      "english": "rich in sacrifice",
      "word": "blótauðigr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial bath",
      "word": "blótbað"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen priest",
      "word": "blótbiskup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial bowl",
      "word": "blótbolli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "idolatry",
      "word": "blótdómr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial feast",
      "word": "blótdrykkja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred goods",
      "word": "blótfé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen priest",
      "word": "blótgoði"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial den",
      "word": "blótgrǫf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen god",
      "word": "blótguð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen priestess",
      "word": "blótgyðja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial mound",
      "word": "blóthaugr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen temple",
      "word": "blóthof"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen house of worship",
      "word": "blóthús"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial altar",
      "word": "blóthǫrgr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the golden calf",
      "word": "blótkalfr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial fen",
      "word": "blótkelda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial garments",
      "word": "blótklæði"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "idolatress",
      "word": "blótkona"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred grove",
      "word": "blótlundr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "idolater",
      "word": "blótmaðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "food eaten at sacrificial feast",
      "word": "blótmatr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "idolatry",
      "word": "blótnaðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial ox",
      "word": "blótnaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen priest",
      "word": "blótprestr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "giant worshipped as an idol",
      "word": "blótrisi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathenry, idolatry",
      "word": "blótskapr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred forest",
      "word": "blótskógr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chip used in divination",
      "word": "blótspánn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of sacrifice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "place"
      ],
      "word": "blótstaðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial altar",
      "word": "blótstallr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred tree",
      "word": "blóttré"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial trough",
      "word": "blóttrygill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial feats",
      "word": "blótveizla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacred wood",
      "word": "blótviðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen heresy",
      "word": "blótvilla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrificial field",
      "word": "blótvǫllr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sacrifice to the gods",
      "word": "goðablót"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "blót"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "blót",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "blót",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "blot"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: blot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: blot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "blot"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: blot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: blot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": "blót"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Gutnish: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gutnish: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "blot",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: blot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: blot"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blōtą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "offering, sacrifice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blōtą (“offering, sacrifice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "blōt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English blōt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "bluozhūs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "heathen temple"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bluozhūs (“heathen temple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰlād-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to offer, sacrifice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰlād- (“to offer, sacrifice”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *blōtą (“offering, sacrifice”). Cognate with Old English blōt and the first part of Old High German bluozhūs (“heathen temple”).\nUltimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlād- (“to offer, sacrifice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blóts",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blóti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blóts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blóta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "blót n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "blóts",
        "3": "blót"
      },
      "expansion": "blót n (genitive blóts, plural blót)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "blót"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "blótin",
        "api": "blót",
        "asd": "blótit",
        "asi": "blót",
        "dpd": "blótunum",
        "dpi": "blótum",
        "dsd": "blótinu",
        "dsi": "blóti",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "blótanna",
        "gpi": "blóta",
        "gsd": "blótsins",
        "gsi": "blóts",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "blótin",
        "npi": "blót",
        "nsd": "blótit",
        "nsi": "blót",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "blót"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blóti",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blóts",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blóta",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to worship",
      "word": "blóta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heathen temple, sacrificial hut",
      "word": "blóthús"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "idol",
      "word": "blǿti"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Germanic paganism",
          "orig": "non:Germanic paganism",
          "parents": [
            "Paganism",
            "Occult",
            "Religion",
            "Forteana",
            "Culture",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Society",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] to the north, there were up to now offerings and personal shrines.",
          "ref": "Kristni saga 11, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 20",
          "text": "[…] fyri norðan, þar voru áðr blót ok hörgar."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offering"
      ],
      "id": "en-blót-non-noun-VpEJOr4t",
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism, especially in the plural) offering"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "especially",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Germanic paganism",
          "orig": "non:Germanic paganism",
          "parents": [
            "Paganism",
            "Occult",
            "Religion",
            "Forteana",
            "Culture",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Society",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But it is a custom for them to have a feast at fall and celebrate the winter, […]",
          "ref": "Separate Saga of St. Olaf 96, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 104",
          "text": "En þat er siðr þeirra at hafa blot a havst oc fagna þa vetri, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast"
      ],
      "id": "en-blót-non-noun-8yA-yR3g",
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism) sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Germanic paganism",
          "orig": "non:Germanic paganism",
          "parents": [
            "Paganism",
            "Occult",
            "Religion",
            "Forteana",
            "Culture",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Society",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No man shall have in his house a staff or an altar, a charm or an offering site, […]",
          "ref": "Borgarthings-Christenret 24, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 383",
          "text": "Engi maðr ſkal hafa i huſi ſinu ſtaf eða ſtalla, vit eða blot, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offering site, a place to make offerings"
      ],
      "id": "en-blót-non-noun-l6JIAMDl",
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism) offering site, a place to make offerings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] he turned to the doors and saw there five men, and then heard cursing, […]",
          "ref": "Sturlunga saga, chapter IV, 50, in 1817, Þ. E. Rangel, Sturlunga-Saga edr Íslendínga-Saga hin mikla, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 101",
          "text": "[…] snéri hann til dura ok sá fimm menn úti, heyrdi hann þá blot, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cursing, an offering for the purpose of seeking vengeance against an other"
      ],
      "id": "en-blót-non-noun-YJyStW69",
      "links": [
        [
          "cursing",
          "cursing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbloːt/",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blót"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse neuter nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sacrificing",
      "word": "blótan"
    },
    {
      "english": "rich in sacrifice",
      "word": "blótauðigr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial bath",
      "word": "blótbað"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen priest",
      "word": "blótbiskup"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial bowl",
      "word": "blótbolli"
    },
    {
      "english": "idolatry",
      "word": "blótdómr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial feast",
      "word": "blótdrykkja"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacred goods",
      "word": "blótfé"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen priest",
      "word": "blótgoði"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial den",
      "word": "blótgrǫf"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen god",
      "word": "blótguð"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen priestess",
      "word": "blótgyðja"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial mound",
      "word": "blóthaugr"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen temple",
      "word": "blóthof"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen house of worship",
      "word": "blóthús"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial altar",
      "word": "blóthǫrgr"
    },
    {
      "english": "the golden calf",
      "word": "blótkalfr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial fen",
      "word": "blótkelda"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial garments",
      "word": "blótklæði"
    },
    {
      "english": "idolatress",
      "word": "blótkona"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacred grove",
      "word": "blótlundr"
    },
    {
      "english": "idolater",
      "word": "blótmaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "food eaten at sacrificial feast",
      "word": "blótmatr"
    },
    {
      "english": "idolatry",
      "word": "blótnaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial ox",
      "word": "blótnaut"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen priest",
      "word": "blótprestr"
    },
    {
      "english": "giant worshipped as an idol",
      "word": "blótrisi"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathenry, idolatry",
      "word": "blótskapr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacred forest",
      "word": "blótskógr"
    },
    {
      "english": "chip used in divination",
      "word": "blótspánn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of sacrifice"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "place"
      ],
      "word": "blótstaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial altar",
      "word": "blótstallr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacred tree",
      "word": "blóttré"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial trough",
      "word": "blóttrygill"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial feats",
      "word": "blótveizla"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacred wood",
      "word": "blótviðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen heresy",
      "word": "blótvilla"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrificial field",
      "word": "blótvǫllr"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrifice to the gods",
      "word": "goðablót"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "blót"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "blót",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Faroese: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Faroese: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "blót",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "blot"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: blot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: blot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "blot"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: blot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: blot"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": "blót"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Gutnish: blót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gutnish: blót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "blot",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: blot",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: blot"
    }
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "blōt"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "bluozhūs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "heathen temple"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blót",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blóti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blóts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blóta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blótanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "blót n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "blóts",
        "3": "blót"
      },
      "expansion": "blót n (genitive blóts, plural blót)",
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    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "blót"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "blótin",
        "api": "blót",
        "asd": "blótit",
        "asi": "blót",
        "dpd": "blótunum",
        "dpi": "blótum",
        "dsd": "blótinu",
        "dsi": "blóti",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "blótanna",
        "gpi": "blóta",
        "gsd": "blótsins",
        "gsi": "blóts",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "blótin",
        "npi": "blót",
        "nsd": "blótit",
        "nsi": "blót",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "blót"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blót",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blóti",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blóts",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blóta",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blótanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to worship",
      "word": "blóta"
    },
    {
      "english": "heathen temple, sacrificial hut",
      "word": "blóthús"
    },
    {
      "english": "idol",
      "word": "blǿti"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Germanic paganism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] to the north, there were up to now offerings and personal shrines.",
          "ref": "Kristni saga 11, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 20",
          "text": "[…] fyri norðan, þar voru áðr blót ok hörgar."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offering"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "offering",
          "offering"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism, especially in the plural) offering"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "especially",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Germanic paganism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But it is a custom for them to have a feast at fall and celebrate the winter, […]",
          "ref": "Separate Saga of St. Olaf 96, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 104",
          "text": "En þat er siðr þeirra at hafa blot a havst oc fagna þa vetri, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism) sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Germanic paganism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "No man shall have in his house a staff or an altar, a charm or an offering site, […]",
          "ref": "Borgarthings-Christenret 24, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 383",
          "text": "Engi maðr ſkal hafa i huſi ſinu ſtaf eða ſtalla, vit eða blot, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offering site, a place to make offerings"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism) offering site, a place to make offerings"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] he turned to the doors and saw there five men, and then heard cursing, […]",
          "ref": "Sturlunga saga, chapter IV, 50, in 1817, Þ. E. Rangel, Sturlunga-Saga edr Íslendínga-Saga hin mikla, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 101",
          "text": "[…] snéri hann til dura ok sá fimm menn úti, heyrdi hann þá blot, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cursing, an offering for the purpose of seeking vengeance against an other"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cursing",
          "cursing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbloːt/",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blót"
}

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