blóta
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in old use a strong (and originally a ) verb, blóta—blét—blétu—blótinn; blœt, and with the suffixed negative blœtka (I worship not), 22 (the wrongly blotka, without change of vowel); this form also occurs () 7, the 1853 has wrongly blœt(a)r, but a few lines below blótar (weak), probably altered from blœtr; blét, (Yngl.) 56, 269; blétu, 56; blétim, 623. 61; blótt, 75; blótinn, and blótið are , i. 34, 35, 239, 47, i. 255: more weak, blóta, að; blótar, blótast, i. 87, 78; blótaði, 224, 291, 322, i. 6 (), 272, 140, 272, i. 463, 531, , ii. 263, i. 34, 35, Ísl. ii. 109, 50; only the weak and are rare in old writers; blótuð, 153 (Norse); blótað (), i. 5 (paper transcript); in i. 34, 35, Unger’s Edition has the old form blét, blótið, but the later form.: [ blotan ( verb) = λατρεύειν, σέβεσθαι, guþbloteins = παράκλησις, guþblostreis = θεοσεβής; blôtan = immolare; blozan; the root is probably akin to bletsian, to bless]:— to worship, to worship with sacrifice; with of the being worshipped, but of the object sacrificed; thus b. hof, lund, fors, goð, álfa, vættir, to worship temple, grove, force, gods, elves, beings; but b. mönnum, þrælum, kvikendum, to sacrifice with men, thralls, beasts, to sacrifice, slay them: also used :
I. with or to worship; skal Þórólfr b. ok leita heilla þeim bræðrum, 257, 623. 61, 40, i. 34 , 41; heiðnar vættir, 272, 139, 84, 94, 36, Ib. 7, i. 25; b. til friðar, sigrs, langlífis, árs, byrjar, to make a sacrifice for peace, victory, long life, good season, fair wind, i. 239, 34, 56, 11. 97, 173: of the worship of natural objects, at Giljá stóð steinn (a stone), er () þeir frændr höfðu blótað, i. 5, Ísl. ii. 109; hann blótaði lundinn, he worshipped the grove ( Tacitus, sacrum nemus), 224; hann blótaði forsinn, 291: worship of men (rare), Gríms sonar þess er blótinn var dauðr fyrir þokkasæld ok kallaðr Kamban, 47, ii. 7; þau vóru bæði blótuð, 83: b. hof, in the phrase, heiðnir menn hof b., , Ísl. ii. 381; blót er oss ok kviðjat, at vér skulum eigi b. heiðit goð, né hauga né hörga, i. 18: worship of animals, Ögvaldr konungr blét kú eina, i. 269, i. 255.
β. with (extremely rare); blótar hann einum gölt (sic!), corrupt = einn () gölt, i. 187 a paper transcript.
II. with to sacrifice; sacrifices of men are recorded, i. 34, 35, 56, 239, 140, , i. 452 (): slaves and criminals were sacrificed, thus representing the executions of modern times; heiðingjar blóta enum verstum mönnum, ok hrinda þeim fyrir björg ok hamra …; enir heiðnu menn höfðu þá stefnu, ok tóku þat ráð at b. tveim mönnum ór hverjum fjórðungi, i. () 23: captives, 131; kom þat ásamt með þeim at hafa Hallfreð til blóta, 102; b. þrælum, x. 323; b. mönnum ok fé, () 50, 75, i. 174: a sort of self-immolation is recorded ii. 72.III. to curse, swear, vide blót II; with or , hann blótar hestunum, 78; eigi kvíði ek því þótt biskup blóti mér eðr banni, i. 708; blótuð verð þú, 153: reflex, blótask, to go about swearing, viii. 294: vide Maurer, Bekehr. ii. 195 Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
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