Blá

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Blá

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 blá

f., pl. blár, an απ. λεγ. in a verse Ísl. ii. 233, where it seems to mean the billows, blue waves. Ivar Aasen records ‘blaa’ a Norse term for the blue horizon; cp. the Icel. phrase, út í bláinn (as from blár, m.), into the blue, of what is thrown away, words spoken without need or end. In the east of Icel. blá means a meadow covered with snow half melted away, Erik Jonsson, Dict. s. v.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛚᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
s. v.
sub verbo.
v.
vide, verb.
απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Works & Authors

Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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