Blær
Old Norse Dictionary - blær
Meaning of Old Norse word "blær"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blær can mean:blær
- blær
- m. [cp. Engl. to blare]
- blær
- I. a gentle breeze, puff of air, esp. with a notion of warmth; b. hitans, Edda 4: kenna blæ (to feel a draft) á andliti sér. Clem. 35; vinds blær, Stj. 78; þá kom kaldr blær (a cold stream of air) á Skutu or jarðhúsinu, Rb. 319: poet, the blue sky, the pure air, undir blæ himins blíðan, Pass. 25. 10; blærinn hýrnar við dægrið hvert, Bb. 1. 18.
- blær
- 2. in mod. usage metaph. the air, character of a speech, writing, or the like; sögu-blær, frásagnar-blær, rit-blær.
- blær
- II. a ram, Edda (gl.), hence blœsma.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- esp.
- especially.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)