Blaðra

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Blaðra

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 blaðra

1. að, prob. an onomatopoëtic word, like Lat. blaterare, Scot. blether, Germ. plaudern, in the phrase, b. tungunni, to talk thick, Hom. 115; tungan var úti ok blaðraði, Fbr. 77 new Ed.; hann blaðraði tungunni ok vildi við leita at mæla, Fms. v. 152: metaph. to utter inarticulate sounds, bleat, as a sheep. blaðr, n. nonsense.

2 blaðra

2. u, f. a bladder, Pr. 472: a blain, watery swelling, Stj. 273, Bs. i. 182. blöðru-sótt, f. a stone in the bladder, Pr. 475.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛚᛅᛏᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
s. v.
sub verbo.
Scot.
Scottish.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)

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