Baldr
Dizionario Old Norse - baldr
Significato della parola Old Norse "baldr"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
La parola Old Norse baldr può significare:baldr
- 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.
- 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.’
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᛒᛅᛚᛏᚱ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- botan.
- botanically.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- meton.
- metonomy, metonomically.
- n.
- neuter.
Opere & Autori citati:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.