bluozhus
Old High German
Etymology
*bluoz (“(pagan) offering”) + hūs (“house”), equivalent to Old Norse blóthús (“sacrificial building”). First element from Proto-Germanic *blōtą, whence also Old Norse blót (“pagan feast; offering”).
Declension
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
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