Blöskra

Meaning of Old Norse word "blöskra" (or blǫskra)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word blöskra can mean:blöskra

blöskra (blǫskra)

að, to blench:

blöskra (blǫskra)

1. absol., hann brá sér eigi við né blöskraði, Fms. vii. 157; hygg at vandlega hvárt ek b. nökkut, xi. 150, and so also Jomsv. 47, and Fb. i. 198.

blöskra (blǫskra)

2. e-m blöskrar—ok bað þá at hyggja hvárt honum blöskraði nökkuð, Sturl. iii. 43—ought perhaps to be ‘hann;’ the mod. use is constant, ‘e-m b.,’ one blenches, is shocked at a thing.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, blöskra may be more accurately written as blǫskra.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᚢᛋᚴᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements