blóthús

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōtahūsą. Cognate with Old High German bluozhūs.

Noun

blóthús n (genitive blóthús, plural blóthús)

  1. (Germanic paganism) heathen temple, sacrificial hut
    • Óláfs saga helga, ch. 118
      þá stóð konungr upp ok segir, at Læsir ok á Lóm ok á Vága hafa tekit við kristni ok brotit niðr blóthús sín, ok trúa nú á sannan guð
      Then the king stood up and said that Læsir and those of Lom and Vági had accepted Christianity and torn down their sacrificial huts, and now believe in the true god

Declension

Declension of blóthús (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blóthús blóthúsit blóthús blóthúsin
accusative blóthús blóthúsit blóthús blóthúsin
dative blóthúsi blóthúsinu blóthúsum blóthúsunum
genitive blóthús blóthúsins blóthúsa blóthúsanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: blóthús
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blothus
  • Swedish: blothus

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “blóthús”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
  • “blóthús” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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