Blaðra
Old Norse Dictionary - blaðra
Meaning of Old Norse word "blaðra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blaðra can mean:blaðra
- 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.
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᚦᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)