blót
nafnorðhvorugkyn
[ renders λατρεία and σέβασμα by blutinassus, also compd words such as blôtmônad]:— worship, and worship including sacrifice, a sacrificial feast or banquet, used in when in general sense; the feasts were, the three great annual feasts, when the winter set in (Oct.), at Yule time and mid-winter (Dec. or Jan.), and when the summer began (April), 94–96, i. 139 , G. xvi , and the verse of Kormak, Hafit maðr ask né eski, id., () i. 272, x. () 50, () i. 531, 512. the last chapter, 10, 257, i. 22; at Uppsölum vóru blót svá mikil í þann tíma, at hvergi hafa verit meiri á Norðrlöndum, i. 255; þann vetr fékk Ingólfr at blóti miklu ok leitaði sér heilla um forlög sín, 33, 1, 62; þar vóru áðr blót ok hörgar, i. 20 (), i. 131, 4; there are mentioned álfa-blót, dísa-blót,
2. blót, or more correctly blœti, an idol, amulet, engi maðr skal hafa í húsum sínum, stalla, vit eðr blót (blœti) … nú ef blot (blœti) er funnit í húsi láslausu, mat-blót (dough idol) eðr leir-blót (clay idol) gört í mannslíki af leiri eðr deigi, þá …, i. 383, 389; () 97.II. in Christian times the name of the heathen worship became odious, and blót came to mean swearing, cursing, in and , and in usage, ii. 106, 152, iii. 101, () 36, The terms for swearing in the heathen times were ‘troll, gramir,’ ,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- cp.compare.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- gener.generally.
- spec.specially.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- esp.especially.
- ch.chapter.
- sqq.following.
- etc.et cetera.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.modern.
- q. v.quod vide.
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