Baldrast

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Baldrast

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 baldrast

and ballrast, að, dep. [cp. Germ. poltern; Ivar Aasen baldra, Ihre ballra = strepere], to make a clatter; þeir sneru hestunum ok böldruðust sem þeir væri úráðnir hvárt þeir skyldi ríða, Sturl. iii. 279: adding saman, þeir böllruðust saman, Ingv. 34.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛅᛚᛏᚱᛅᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
dep.: deponent.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Ingv.: Ingvars Saga. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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