blót
/bloʊt/
blót noun: a Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
Noun
blót (plural blóts)
- A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
- These show us the importance of verbal activity at a blót, specifically verbal activity aimed at producing a result, presumably by means of intervention by the deities.2001, John Lindow, Handbook of Norse Mythology, ABC-CLIO, page 35
- In the past, before Christianity spread across Europe, the average blót would generally have involved some sort of animal sacrifice.2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition: A Guide to the Gods, Lore, Rites, and Celebrations from the Norse, German, and Anglo-Saxon Traditions, Career Press, page 151
Examples of blót in a sentence
- He soon comes back to land, makes a largely undescribed blót sacrifice to Óðinn, and receives confirmation of his god's approval in the flight of two cawing ravens.2006, Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert, Catharina Raudvere, Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and...
- Do you know how to blót? / Do you know how to slaughter?2009, The Ásatrú Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, The Norroena Society, page 5
Forms of blót
| plural | blóts |
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Origin of blót
Learned borrowing from Old Norse blót.
Words that rhyme with blót
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- cote
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about blót
- What does blót mean?
- Blót means a Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
- How do you use blót in a sentence?
- He soon comes back to land, makes a largely undescribed blót sacrifice to Óðinn, and receives confirmation of his god's approval in the flight of two cawing ravens.
- What part of speech is blót?
- Blót is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blót?
- Blót is pronounced /bloʊt/.
- What is the plural of blót?
- The plural of blót is blóts.
Words near blót in the dictionary
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