Blanda
Old Norse Dictionary - blanda
Meaning of Old Norse word "blanda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blanda can mean:blanda
- blanda
- u, f. any mixture of two fluids, FS. 145 (of watery blood); but esp. a beverage of hot whey mixed up with water, Vm. 60, FmS. ix. 360. Blanda also is the local name of a stream of glacier water in the north of Icel., v. Landn.
- blanda
- β. metaph. the name of a book, miscellanea; skal sjá skrá … heita B., því at saman er blandað skyldu tali ok úskyldu, Rb. 4, v. l., in MS. Am. 625, 4to. blöndu-horn, n. a cup of blanda, a cognom., Landn. 278.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- cognom.
- cognomen.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- nom.
- nominative.
- S.
- Saga.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)