blóta

blóta

See also: blöta

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōtaną.

Verb

blóta (singular past indicative blét, plural past indicative blétu, past participle blótinn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to worship (with sacrifice)
2. (transitive, with dative) to sacrifice

Usage notes

The accusative refers to that which is worshipped, and the dative refers to that which be sacrificed to that which is worshipped.

Conjugation

Conjugation of blóta — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	bláta
present participle	blátandi
past participle	blátinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	blét	blét
2nd-person singular	blétr	blézt
3rd-person singular	blétr	blét
1st-person plural	blátum	blétum
2nd-person plural	blátið	blétuð
3rd-person plural	bláta	blétu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bláta	bléta
2nd-person singular	blátir	blétir
3rd-person singular	bláti	bléti
1st-person plural	blátim	blétim
2nd-person plural	blátið	blétið
3rd-person plural	bláti	bléti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	blát
1st-person plural	blátum
2nd-person plural	blátið

Conjugation of blóta — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	blátask
present participle	blátandisk
past participle	blátizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	blátumk	blétumk
2nd-person singular	blézk	blézk
3rd-person singular	blézk	blézk
1st-person plural	blátumsk	blétumsk
2nd-person plural	blátizk	blétuzk
3rd-person plural	blátask	blétusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	blátumk	blétumk
2nd-person singular	blátisk	blétisk
3rd-person singular	blátisk	blétisk
1st-person plural	blátimsk	blétimsk
2nd-person plural	blátizk	blétizk
3rd-person plural	blátisk	blétisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	blázk
1st-person plural	blátumsk
2nd-person plural	blátizk

Related terms

• blót n (“blood sacrifice”)

References

• blóta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.