Blót-naut
Old Norse Dictionary - blót-naut
Meaning of Old Norse word "blót-naut"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blót-naut can mean:blót-naut
- blót-naut
- n. an ox worshipped and enchanted, Hkr. i. 269, Fms. iii. 132, Fas. i. 255; hence in mod. use a mad bull is called blótneyti, n.
- blót-naut
- 2. a bull to be sacrificed, a heathen sacrifice connected with the old holmgang, q. v., Eg. 506, cp. Korm. 212, 214, Gísl. 80.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᛏ-ᚾᛅᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)