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Old English · adjective

blodig

Normalised blōdiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈbloː.dij/
Syllables
ˈbloː · dij (2 syllables)
Modern English
bloodybloodlikebloodthirsty

Meaning

  1. bloody

    An. DLXXXV Hēr wearþ on Brytene blōdi rēn ⁊ meolc and butere wurdon ġewend to blōde.

    Year 685 In this year there was bloody rain in Britain and milk and butter were turned into blood.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  2. bloodlike

  3. red as blood

  4. bloodthirsty

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz, equivalent to blōd + -iġ.

Descendants

bloody

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