Bleikr
Old Norse Dictionary - bleikr
Meaning of Old Norse word "bleikr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bleikr can mean:bleikr
- bleikr
- adj. [A. S. blâc or blæc; Engl. bleached and bleak; Swed. blek; Germ. bleich and blass]:—pale, wan, of the colour of gold, FmS. v. 345; of bad silver, Grág. i. 500; of fruits, Stj. 161; of ripe barley fields, b. akrar, Nj. 112, and n. T. John iv. 35, a rendering of λευκός in the Gr.; of animals, a fawn-coloured horse is in Icel. called Bleikr, m., a mare Bleik, f., Flov. 33, Vígl.; an ox, Vápn. 21; of hair, auburn, Fær. 156; bleikt hár, the fair locks of a baby, Rm. 31, where ‘bleak and bright’ are alliterative; Homer’s ξανθός is in Icel. rendered by bleik-hárr.
- bleikr
- 2. = Lat. pallidus, the colour of ashes, pale from fright, loss of blood, or emotion, FmS. i. 216; fiskbleikr, pale as a fish, vii. 269; b. sem bast, pale as bast, etc.: of the moonshine, SkS. 627: the colour of death, því ligg ek b. í brúki, of a corpse mouldering at the bottom of the sea, FmS. vi. 376.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Lat.
- Latin.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)