Blístra
Old Norse Dictionary - blístra
Meaning of Old Norse word "blístra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word blístra can mean:blístra
- blístra
- að, to whistle, Fb. i. 553, Fas. iii. 337, Bret. 26: the phrase, b. í spor e-m, prob. a hunting term, to run whistling after one, Korm. 62, Fms. viii. 60.
- blístra
- 2. of snakes, to hiss, Fr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛁᛋᛏᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- prob.
- probably.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.