Blæja
Old Norse Dictionary - blæja
Meaning of Old Norse word "blæja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blæja can mean:blæja
- blæja
- u, f. [cp. Germ. blege = limbus, prob. derived from A. S. bleoh = colour; prob. an Engl. word, cp. Enskar blæjur, Eb. 256]:—a fine, coloured cloth; hon hafði knýtt urn sik blæju, ok vóru í mörk blá, Ld. 244: a burial sheet, Am. 101, Gkv. 1. 13, Grág. i. 207: the cover of a bed, Gg. 7, 25, Rm. 20, Bb. 1. 12, Eb. l. c.: cover of an altar table, Vm. 65, Dipl. iii. 4: poët., hildar b., a shield, the b. of the mast = the sail, etc.: mod. a veil.
- blæja
- COMPDS: blsejuendi, blæjuhorn, blæjuhvalr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Gg.
- Grógaldr. (A. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)