Dictionary

blót en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bloʊt/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse blót.

Meanings

1. A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
   • 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
   • 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 Interactions : an International Conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004, Nordic Academic Press, page 75:
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

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