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 bleeding wound ==== Declension ==== === References === “blodvite”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “blodvite”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “blodvite”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) blodvite in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) blodhvite in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L