Blóð
Old Norse Dictionary - blóð
Meaning of Old Norse word "blóð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- blóð
- n. [Ulf. bloþ, common to all Teut. idioms]:—the blood, Lat. sanguis; ‘dreyri’ is cruor; ‘hlaut,’ q. v., is blood shed in sacrifice, cp. Eb. ch. 4, Nj. 107, Eb. 242, Fms. i. 46; nema, láta (mod. taka) b., to take, let blood (blóðlát), vii. 269, Grág. ii. 133; ganga blóði, to have a hemorrhage, Bs. i. 337: the phrase, blanda blóði saman, to mix blood together, Ls. 9, refers to the old heathen rite of entering foster-brothership, defined in Gísl. 11, Fbr. 7, Fb. ii. 93, Fas. iii. 376: metaph. offspring, Stj. 47; hjart-blóð, heart’s blood; dauða-blóð, life-blood, gore: metaph. compound words are rare. In poets ‘blood of Quasir’ means poetry; the blood of the giant Ymir, the sea, vide Edda 47, 5. Fél. ix. 198, 199, records many medic, compounds, blóðfall and blóðlát, menorrhagia; blóðhella, congestio ad viscera; blóðkýli, ulcus; blóðmiga, haematuria; blóðnasir, f. pl. epistaxis; blóðrás, hemorrhagia; blóðsótt, dysenteria; blóðhrækjur, haemoptysis; blóðspýja, haematemesis, etc. Other COMPDS: blóðabrúðgumi, blóðsakr, blóðslitr, blóðspeningar, blóðsúthelling.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)