blót
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "blot"
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse blót.
Pronunciation
Noun
blót (plural blóts)
- A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
- 2001, John Lindow, Handbook of Norse Mythology, ABC-CLIO, page 35:
- These show us the importance of verbal activity at a blót, specifically verbal activity aimed at producing a result, presumably by means of intervention by the deities.
- 2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition: A Guide to the Gods, Lore, Rites, and Celebrations from the Norse, German, and Anglo-Saxon Traditions, Career Press, page 151:
- In the past, before Christianity spread across Europe, the average blót would generally have involved some sort of animal sacrifice.
- 2006, Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert, Catharina Raudvere, Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions : an International Conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004, Nordic Academic Press, page 75:
- He soon comes back to land, makes a largely undescribed blót sacrifice to Óðinn, and receives confirmation of his god's approval in the flight of two cawing ravens.
- 2009, The Ásatrú Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, The Norroena Society, page 5
- Do you know how to blót? / Do you know how to slaughter?
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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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
blót n (genitive blóts, plural blót)
- (Germanic paganism, especially in the plural) offering
- Kristni saga 11, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 20:
- […] fyri norðan, þar voru áðr blót ok hörgar.
- […] to the north, there were up to now offerings and personal shrines.
- Kristni saga 11, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 20:
- (Germanic paganism) sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 96, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 104:
- En þat er siðr þeirra at hafa blot a havst oc fagna þa vetri, […]
- But it is a custom for them to have a feast at fall and celebrate the winter, […]
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 96, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 104:
- (Germanic paganism) offering site, a place to make offerings
- Borgarthings-Christenret 24, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 383:
- Engi maðr ſkal hafa i huſi ſinu ſtaf eða ſtalla, vit eða blot, […]
- No man shall have in his house a staff or an altar, a charm or an offering site, […]
- Borgarthings-Christenret 24, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 383:
- cursing, an offering for the purpose of seeking vengeance against an other
- Sturlunga saga, chapter IV, 50, in 1817, Þ. E. Rangel, Sturlunga-Saga edr Íslendínga-Saga hin mikla, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 101:
- […] snéri hann til dura ok sá fimm menn úti, heyrdi hann þá blot, […]
- […] he turned to the doors and saw there five men, and then heard cursing, […]
- Sturlunga saga, chapter IV, 50, in 1817, Þ. E. Rangel, Sturlunga-Saga edr Íslendínga-Saga hin mikla, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 101:
Declension
Declension of blót (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Terms derived from blót
- blótan (“sacrificing”)
- blótauðigr (“rich in sacrifice”)
- blótbað (“sacrificial bath”)
- blótbiskup (“heathen priest”)
- blótbolli (“sacrificial bowl”)
- blótdómr (“idolatry”)
- blótdrykkja (“sacrificial feast”)
- blótfé (“sacred goods”)
- blótgoði (“heathen priest”)
- blótgrǫf (“sacrificial den”)
- blótguð (“heathen god”)
- blótgyðja (“heathen priestess”)
- blóthaugr (“sacrificial mound”)
- blóthof (“heathen temple”)
- blóthús (“heathen house of worship”)
- blóthǫrgr (“sacrificial altar”)
- blótkalfr (“the golden calf”)
- blótkelda (“sacrificial fen”)
- blótklæði (“sacrificial garments”)
- blótkona (“idolatress”)
- blótlundr (“sacred grove”)
- blótmaðr (“idolater”)
- blótmatr (“food eaten at sacrificial feast”)
- blótnaðr (“idolatry”)
- blótnaut (“sacrificial ox”)
- blótprestr (“heathen priest”)
- blótrisi (“giant worshipped as an idol”)
- blótskapr (“heathenry, idolatry”)
- blótskógr (“sacred forest”)
- blótspánn (“chip used in divination”)
- blótstaðr (“place of sacrifice”)
- blótstallr (“sacrificial altar”)
- blóttré (“sacred tree”)
- blóttrygill (“sacrificial trough”)
- blótveizla (“sacrificial feats”)
- blótviðr (“sacred wood”)
- blótvilla (“heathen heresy”)
- blótvǫllr (“sacrificial field”)
- goðablót (“sacrifice to the gods”)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “blót”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 70
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “blót”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 60; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/60 Internet Archive]
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