blota

blota

1. inflection of bloti:
   1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

blota (present tense blotar, past tense blota, past participle blota, passive infinitive blotast, present participle blotande, imperative blota/blot)

1. alternative form of blóta
2. alternative form of blòta

blota

1. definite plural of blot n
2. definite singular of blote f

• “blota” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish blota, from Old Norse blóta, from Proto-Germanic *blōtaną. Compare Danish blote, Old English blotan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːˌta/

blota (present blotar, preterite blotade, supine blotat, imperative blota)

1. (Germanic paganism) to sacrifice
   • 1889, Viktor Rydberg, Undersökningar i germanisk mythologi [Investigations into Germanic Mythology]‎^[1], volume 1, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Runeberg.org, courtesy of Harvard Library, University of Virginia Library & Google Books, archived from the original on 24 October 2025:

     [Det] svar Halfdan får från makterna, till [vilka] han blotat, är att […] i hans ätt skall under tre hundra år ingen kvinna och ingen obetydande man födas.

     The response Halfdan gets from the powers, to whom he sacrificed, is that in his family there shall not for three hundred years be born a woman or a fameless man.

   • 1945, Frans G. Bengtsson, Röde Orm [The Long Ships]‎^[2], Norstedt & Söners förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 24 October 2025:

     [Vi] blotade till havsguden för lycklig hemfärd.

     We sacrificed to the sea god for a safe journey home.

   • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan [The Poetic Edda], Atlantis, →ISBN, page 494:

     [Ett] blothus [är en] hednisk byggnad där man blotar – det vill säga offrar – till gudarna.

     A blót house is a pagan building where one sacrifices—that is, offers—to the gods.

• blot

• blota in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker