Voce del dizionario norreno antico

BALDR

Voce del dizionario norreno antico

Definizioni

2 Definizioni

1 BALDR

rs, m. [A. S. baldor, princeps, seems to be a different root from the Goth. balþs, A. S. bald, which answers to the Icel. ball- or bald- without r], prop. = Lat. princeps, the best, foremost; in compds as mann-baldr, her-baldr, fólk-baldr.

2 BALDR

β. meton. the god Balder, because of his noble disposition, Edda. Baldrs-brá, f. Balder’s eye-brow, botan. cotida foetida, Ivar Aasen ballebraa and baldurbraa, pyrethrum inodorum, Edda 15; the B. is there called the fairest and whitest of all flowers (allra grasa hvítast). Perhaps the eye-bright or euphrasy,,—the Icel. Baldrs-brá, if we remember rightly, resembles the Engl. ‘ox-eye’ or ‘dog-daisy.’

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Iscrizione runica

BALDR

Possibile iscrizione runica in futhark giovane

Il testo runico sopra rappresenta la parola norrena antica "BALDR" come potrebbe apparire nelle iscrizioni runiche dell'era vichinga (ca. 800-1100 d.C.).

Abbreviazioni utilizzate

Abbreviazioni comuni

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
botan.: botanically.
ch: chapter.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Goth.: Gothic.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
meton.: metonomy, metonomically.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
S.: South, Southern.

Opere & Autori

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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