blót

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
 * 2) * 2009, The Ásatrú Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, The Norroena Society, page 5
 * Do you know how to blót? / Do you know how to slaughter?
 * 1) * 2009, The Ásatrú Edda: Sacred Lore of the North, The Norroena Society, page 5
 * Do you know how to blót? / Do you know how to slaughter?
 * Do you know how to blót? / Do you know how to slaughter?

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  offering
 * 2) * Kristni saga 11, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 20:
 * fyri norðan, þar voru áðr blót ok hörgar.
 * to the north, there were up to now offerings and personal shrines.
 * 1)  sharing of food of an offering in a ceremony, feast
 * 2) * Separate Saga of St. Olaf 96, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Copenhagen, page 104:
 * En þat er siðr þeirra at hafa blot a havst oc fagna þa vetri,
 * But it is a custom for them to have a feast at fall and celebrate the winter,
 * 1)  offering site, a place to make offerings
 * 2) * Borgarthings-Christenret 24, in 1846, E. Hertzberg, Norges gamle love indtil 1387, Volume I. Christiania, page 383:
 * Engi maðr ſkal hafa i huſi ſinu ſtaf eða ſtalla, vit eða blot,
 * No man shall have in his house a staff or an altar, a charm or an offering site,
 * 1) cursing, an offering for the purpose of seeking vengeance against an other
 * 2) * Sturlunga saga, chapter IV, 50, in 1817, Þ. E. Rangel, Sturlunga-Saga edr Íslendínga-Saga hin mikla, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 101:
 * snéri hann til dura ok sá fimm menn úti, heyrdi hann þá blot,
 * he turned to the doors and saw there five men, and then heard cursing,