Blástr
Old Norse Dictionary - blástr
Meaning of Old Norse word "blástr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blástr can mean:blástr
- blástr
- rs, m., dat. blæstri, blæsti, Hom. 47; pl. blástrar:
- blástr
- 1. to blast, Sks. 213.
- blástr
- 2. breath; b. af lopti, Eluc. 19; málit görisk af blæstrinum, Skálda 170: the blast of a trumpet, Fms. ix. 30: hissing of serpents, breathing of whales (hvala blástr), Gullþ. 8: blowing a bellows, Edda 70.
- blástr
- 3. medic. swelling, mortification, Nj. 209, Dropl. 36, Bs. i. 182.
- blástr
- COMPDS: blástrbelgr, blástrhol, blástrhorn, blástrjárn, blástrsamr, blástrsvalr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)