Old English · noun
blot
Normalised blōt
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /bloːt/
- Syllables
- bloːt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- heathenssacrifice
Meaning
-
a sacrifice, especially a blood sacrifice by heathens
He ealle ða cuman to blote gedyde
he gave all the strangers as a sacrifice. (Alfred's Orosius)
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blōtą.
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