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Old English · noun

blod

Normalised blōd

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/bloːd/
Syllables
bloːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
bloodbloodebloud

Meaning

  1. blood

    Wæs þæt blōd hāt.

    The blood was hot.

Declension

Declension of blod
SingularPlural
Nominative blōdblōd
Accusative blōdblōd
Genitive blōdesblōda
Dative blōdeblōdum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blōd. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon blōd, Old Dutch bluot, Old High German bluot, Old Norse blóð, and Gothic (blōþ).

Descendants

blood, bloode, bloud

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