Blóðsins

Blóðsins is the definite genitive form of the Icelandic noun blóð, meaning blood. It translates literally as “the blood’s” or “of the blood,” and it is used to indicate possession, association, or attribution with blood in a sentence.

In Icelandic, the genitive is used to express relationships between nouns, such as ownership, origin, or characteristic. The definite genitive form blóðsins is formed from the noun blóð plus the genitive suffix and the definite ending, reflecting standard Icelandic grammar for masculine and neuter nouns with fixed definite article forms. The term appears in both everyday language and more formal or literary contexts whenever the idea of “the blood” belongs to or is connected to another element.

Semantically, blóðsins is tied to the concept of blood, with potential associations to biology and medicine, as well as to metaphorical uses related to lineage, violence, or ancestry. In Icelandic literature and discourse, possessive and definite forms like blóðsins can heighten emphasis or clarity when describing actions, states, or relations involving blood.

The phrase is part of a broader system of Icelandic inflection that shapes how nouns relate to other words in a sentence. Understanding blóðsins provides a basis for reading and composing phrases that express possession or association with blood in both technical and literary Icelandic.

See also: blóð, genitive case in Icelandic, Icelandic grammar, Icelandic vocabulary related to medicine and biology.