Faroese
Noun
blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, uncountable)
- blood
Declension
| n4s |
Singular |
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Indefinite |
Definite |
| Nominative |
blóð |
blóðið |
| Accusative |
blóð |
blóðið |
| Dative |
blóð(i) |
blóðnum |
| Genitive |
blóðs |
blóðsins |
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plouːð/
- Rhymes: -ouːð
Noun
blóð n (genitive singular blóðs, no plural)
- blood syn.
- offspring, blood relation
Declension
declension of blóð
| n-s |
singular |
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indefinite |
definite |
| nominative |
blóð
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blóðið
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| accusative |
blóð
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blóðið
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| dative |
blóði
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blóðinu
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| genitive |
blóðs
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blóðsins
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Synonyms
Derived terms
terms derived from "blóð"
phrases derived from "blóð"
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”). Cognate with Old English blōd, Old Frisian blōd, Old Saxon blōd, Old Dutch bluot, Old High German bluot, Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸 (blōþ).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbloːð/
Noun
blóð n (genitive blóðs)
- (uncountable) blood
- Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
- […] or brimi bloðgu / ok or bláin leggju.
- […] from Brimir's blood / and from Blain's limbs.
- (uncountable, metaphorically) offspring
- Stjórn 16, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 47:
- […] þeir sem hans blóð ok afkuemi uaru drucknuðu ok fyrirforuz i Noa floði.
- […] those of his offspring and progeny drowned and died in Noah's flood.
Declension
Declension of blóð (strong a-stem, singular only)
| neuter
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singular |
| indefinite |
definite |
| nominative |
blóð
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blóðit
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| accusative |
blóð
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blóðit
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| dative |
blóði
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blóðinu
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| genitive |
blóðs
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blóðsins
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Derived terms
Terms derived from blóð
- blanda blóði saman (“to mix blood together”)
- blóðabrúðgumi (“'bloody husband'”)
- blóðær (“ewe fit for slaughter”)
- blóðband (“bandage to stop bleeding”)
- blóðbogi (“gush of blood”)
- blóðdrefjar (“scattering of blood”)
- blóðdrekkr (“blood-drinker”)
- blóðdrif (“flowing of blood”)
- blóðdrǫg (“streak of blood”)
- blóðdropi (“blood-drop”)
- blóðdrykkja (“drink of blood”)
- blóðfall, blóðfallssótt (“dysentery”)
- blóðflekkr (“fleck of blood”)
- blóðfors (“gush of blood”)
- blóðfullr (“full of blood”)
- blóðga (“to make bloody”)
- blóðkýll (“leech”)
- blóðlækr (“stream of blood”)
- blóðlátinn (“that has been bled”)
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- blóðlát (“loss of blood, bleeding”)
- blóðlauss (“bloodless”)
- blóðlifr (“clotted blood”)
- blóðligr (“bloody”)
- blóðlitr (“colour of blood”)
- blóðmaðkr (“maggot bred in putrefying blood”)
- blóðnætr (“'blood-nights'”)
- blóðormr (“sword”)
- blóðǫrn (“'blood-eagle'”)
- blóðrás (“hemorrhage”)
- blóðrauðr (“blood-red”)
- blóðrefill (“point of a sword”)
- blóðreiðr (“very wrathful”)
- blóðreitr (“field of blood”)
- blóðrekinn (“stained with blood”)
- blóðrisa (“bruised and bloody”)
- blóðsakr (“field of blood”)
- blóðsegi, blóðsigi (“clot of blood”)
- blóðsjúkr (“dysenteric”)
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- blóðskuld (“blood-guilt”)
- blóðslitr (“colour of blood”)
- blóðsótt (“dysentery”)
- blóðspeningar (“price of blood”)
- blóðspýga (“spitting of blood”)
- blóðsteigr (“field of blood”)
- blóðstjarna (“Venus”)
- blóðstokkinn (“bespattered with blood”)
- blóðstraumr (“stream of blood”)
- blóðsúthelling (“shedding of blood”)
- blóðsveiti (“blood-sweat”)
- blóðtjǫrn (“pool of blood”)
- blóðvaka (“drawing of blood”)
- blóðvarmr (“warm-blooded”)
- blóðvarta (“part of a sword”)
- dauðablóð (“lifeblood, gore”)
- ganga blóði (“to have a hemorrhage”)
- hjartblóð (“heart-blood”)
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Related terms
- blóði (“brother”)
- blóðugr (“bloody”)
Descendants
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- Norwegian Bokmäl: blod n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: blod n
- Swedish: blod n
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References
- blóð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- blóð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.