Blotgodi

  

'Blót (Old Norse) and blōt or geblōt (Old English) are terms for "blood sacrifice" in Norse paganism and Anglo-Saxon paganism respectively.  

A comparanda can also be reconstructed for wider Germanic paganism." 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%B3t

 "goðorð could be bought, shared, traded or inherited. 

The office was in many respects treated as private property but was not counted as taxable, and is defined in the Gray Goose Laws as 

 "power and not wealth"  

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Old Icelandic Dictionary Letter B

Blótgoði 

Old Icelandic Dictionary - blótgoði

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "blótgoði" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

blótgoði

m. heathen sacrificing priest.

 https://old-icelandic.vercel.app/word/blotgodi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothi

 

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"The Dutch from New Amsterdam (New York) defeated the Swedes in 1655, 

 and the English seized the colony from the Dutch in 1664 

 Thereafter, except for a brief Dutch reconquest in 1673, Delaware was administered as part of New York until 1682" 

https://www.britannica.com/place/Delaware-state/The-colony

 

"Bloodgood was made secretary to the Colonies on the Delaware River in 1659." 

'On 24 May 1674 he was made chief officer of the Dutch militia of the settlements of Flushing, Hempstead, Jamaica and Newtown. " 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Jansen_Bloetgoet