blotan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of blotan

Infinitive

blōtan
blōtenne

Participles

Presentblōtende
Past(ġe)blōten

Indicative

Present

1st sing.blōte
2nd sing.blētst
3rd sing.blētt; blēt
1st plur.blōtaþ
2nd plur.blōtaþ
3rd plur.blōtaþ

Past

1st sing.blēot
2nd sing.blēote
3rd sing.blēot
1st plur.blēoton
2nd plur.blēoton
3rd plur.blēoton

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.blōte
2nd sing.blōte
3rd sing.blōte
1st plur.blōten
2nd plur.blōten
3rd plur.blōten

Past

1st sing.blēote
2nd sing.blēote
3rd sing.blēote
1st plur.blēoten
2nd plur.blēoten
3rd plur.blēoten

Imperative

Singularblōt
Pluralblōtaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'blotan'

blotan,

Verbs similar to 'blotan'

blætan, blowan, alutan, bætan, beatan, beodan, beotian, betan, bitan, blæcan,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōtaną. See: Proto-Germanic '*blōtaną'.

Verbs referencing "blotan"

Swedish blota.

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
  • Sē endlefta mōnaþ on ġēare is nemned on ūre ġeþēode blōtmōnaþ for þon þe ūre ieldran, þā hīe hǣðene wǣron, on þām mōnaþ hīe blēoton ā. (The eleventh month of the year is called 'sacrifice month' in our language because our forefathers, when they were pagan, always sacrificed in this month.)
  • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
  • Hīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierru, tō þȳ þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor blēoten þonne hīe ǣr dydon. (They told the public that their gods were angry at them, so they would sacrifice to them even more than they had before.)

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of blotan