Blá-kaldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "blá-kaldr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

blá-kaldr

adj. blue-cold, of purling water or iron, cp. the phrase, berja fram blákalt, hammering the iron cold, of obstinate, dogged reasoning.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅ-ᚴᛅᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements