"blota" meaning in Swedish

See blota in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbluːˌta/
Etymology: From Old Swedish blota, from Old Norse blóta, from Proto-Germanic *blōtaną. Compare Danish blote, Old English blotan. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gmq-osw|blota}} Old Swedish blota, {{der|sv|non|blóta}} Old Norse blóta, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*blōtaną}} Proto-Germanic *blōtaną, {{cog|da|blote}} Danish blote, {{cog|ang|blotan}} Old English blotan Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|blotar|preterite|blotade|supine|blotat|imperative|blota|head=}} blota (present blotar, preterite blotade, supine blotat, imperative blota), {{sv-verb-reg}} blota (present blotar, preterite blotade, supine blotat, imperative blota) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nopp=1}} Forms: blotar [present], blotade [preterite], blotat [supine], blota [imperative], weak [table-tags], blota [active, infinitive], blotas [infinitive, passive], blotat [active, supine], blotats [passive, supine], blota [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], bloten [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], blotar [active, indicative, present], blotade [active, indicative, past], blotas [indicative, passive, present], blotades [indicative, passive, past], blota [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], blotade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], blotas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], blotades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], blote [active, dated, present, subjunctive], blotade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], blotes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], blotades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], blotande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]
  1. (Germanic paganism) to sacrifice Tags: Germanic Related terms: blot

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[Det] svar Halfdan får från makterna, till [vilka] han blotat, är att […] i hans ätt skall under tre hundra år ingen kvinna och ingen obetydande man födas.",
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          "english": "We sacrificed to the sea god for a safe journey home.",
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          "text": "[Vi] blotade till havsguden för lycklig hemfärd.",
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          "text": "[Ett] blothus [är en] hednisk byggnad där man blotar – det vill säga offrar – till gudarna.",
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}

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