Bleðja
Old Norse Dictionary - bleðja
Meaning of Old Norse word "bleðja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bleðja
- að, [blað], pret. bladdi; a part. ‘bladdr’ occurs, Post. 606; prop. to prune, lop trees and plants, Bs. ii. 165, N. G. L. i. 241: esp. in the metaph. phrase, b. af, to destroy, kill off one by one; mun hann svá ætla at b. hirðina, Fms. ii. 55, vii. 36, Fs. 96.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛁᚦᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- part.
- participle.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pret.
- preterite.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)