different between blote vs blore

English

Verb

blote (third-person singular simple present blotes, present participle bloting, simple past and past participle bloted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

Anagrams

• Bolte, betol, botel

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse blóta, from Proto-Germanic *bl?tan?, cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (bl?tan, “to worship”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?lo?d??]

Verb

blote (imperative blot, infinitive at blote, present tense bloter, past tense blotede, perfect tense har blotet)

1. to make a sacrifice (especially a blood sacrifice by heathens)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

blote

1. Inflected form of bloot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

blote (present tense blotar, past tense blota, past participle blota, passive infinitive blotast, present participle blotande, imperative blot)

1. Alternative form of blóte
2. Alternative form of blòte

Noun

blote m or f (definite singular bloten or blota, indefinite plural blotar or bloter, definite plural blotane or blotene)

1. Alternative form of blòte

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl??(?)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *bl?ran, *bl?rian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.

Verb

blore (third-person singular simple present blores, present participle bloring, simple past and past participle blored)

1. (archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.
2. (archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from blore above, a variant of blare, affected by blow. Compare also Gaelic and Irish blor (“a loud noise”).

Noun

blore (plural blores)

1. (obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.

Anagrams

• Boler, Borel, Robel, Roble, roble