blǿða

See also: bloda, blöda, bļoda, and bļodā

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• blœða

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną, from the root of blóð (“blood”). Compare Old English blēdan, Old Frisian blēda, Old High German bluoten.

Verb

blǿða (singular past indicative blǿddi, plural past indicative blǿddu, past participle blǿtt)

1. to bleed

Conjugation

Conjugation of blǿða — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	blǿða
present participle	blǿðandi
past participle	blǿddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	blǿði	blǿdda
2nd-person singular	blǿðir	blǿddir
3rd-person singular	blǿðir	blǿddi
1st-person plural	blǿðum	blǿddum
2nd-person plural	blǿðið	blǿdduð
3rd-person plural	blǿða	blǿddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	blǿða	blǿdda
2nd-person singular	blǿðir	blǿddir
3rd-person singular	blǿði	blǿddi
1st-person plural	blǿðim	blǿddim
2nd-person plural	blǿðið	blǿddið
3rd-person plural	blǿði	blǿddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	blǿð, blǿði
1st-person plural	blǿðum
2nd-person plural	blǿðið

Conjugation of blǿða — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	blǿðask
present participle	blǿðandisk
past participle	blǿðzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	blǿðumk	blǿddumk
2nd-person singular	blǿðisk	blǿddisk
3rd-person singular	blǿðisk	blǿddisk
1st-person plural	blǿðumsk	blǿddumsk
2nd-person plural	blǿðizk	blǿdduzk
3rd-person plural	blǿðask	blǿddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	blǿðumk	blǿddumk
2nd-person singular	blǿðisk	blǿddisk
3rd-person singular	blǿðisk	blǿddisk
1st-person plural	blǿðimsk	blǿddimsk
2nd-person plural	blǿðizk	blǿddizk
3rd-person plural	blǿðisk	blǿddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	blǿðsk, blǿðisk
1st-person plural	blǿðumsk
2nd-person plural	blǿðizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: blæða
• Faroese: bløða
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blø
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blø, bløde, bløda
• Old Swedish: blø̄þa
  • Swedish: blöda
• Old Danish:
  • Danish: bløde

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “blǿða” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen