sacrifice November 1 realization
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Type Derivation
Language Old English
Lexeme 1 blōt
Lexeme 2 blōtmōnaþ
Meaning 1 sacrifice, especially a blood sacrifice by heathens
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Meaning 2 November

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 November ["sacrifice month"] in our language because our forefathers, when they were pagan, always sacrificed in this month (Old English Martyrology)

Reference Bosworth, Toller
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