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blædsian (preserved in the Northumbrian dialect around 950 AD). The term also appears in other forms, such as bledsian (before 830), bletsian from around 725 and blesian from around 1000, all meaning to make sacred or holy by a sacrificial custom in the Anglo-Saxon pagan period, originating in Germanic paganism; to mark with blood. Due to this, the term is related to the term blod, meaning

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