Blómstr
Old Norse Dictionary - blómstr
Meaning of Old Norse word "blómstr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- blómstr
- rs, m. bloom, blossom; allan akrsins blómstr, Stj. 29; sætan b., Sks. 630 B, 499; ‘flos’ is rendered by b., Stj. (pref.): in writers since the Reformation always neut.; allt eins og blómstrið eina, and glóandi blómstrið frítt, Hallgrímr, Snót 45; blóm and blómstr are synonymous, but blómi in common usage is metaph. = prosperity.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᛘᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- neut.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Snót
- Snót, poems.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)