blodvite

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bloþvite. Second element equivalent to Old Norse víti (“harm”). See also English thwite (“to cut with a knife”) and English bloodwite (“penalty for bloodshed”).

Noun

blodvite n

1. bleeding wound

Declension

Declension of blodvite

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	blodvite	blodvites
	definite	blodvitet	blodvitets
plural	indefinite	blodviten	blodvitens
	definite	blodvitena	blodvitenas

References

• blodvite in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• blodvite in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• blodvite in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• blodvite in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• blodhvite in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L