Blaðra

Old Norse Dictionary - blaðra

Meaning of Old Norse word "blaðra" in English.

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

blaðra Old Norse word can mean:

blaðra: 1. að, prob. an onomatopoëtic word, like Lat. blaterare, Scot. blether, Germ. plaudern, in the phrase, b. tungunni, to talk thick, Hom. 115; tungan var úti ok blaðraði, Fbr. 77 new Ed.; hann blaðraði tungunni ok vildi við leita at mæla, Fms. v. 152: metaph. to utter inarticulate sounds, bleat, as a sheep. blaðr, n. nonsense.

blaðra: 2. u, f. a bladder, Pr. 472: a blain, watery swelling, Stj. 273, Bs. i. 182. blöðru-sótt, f. a stone in the bladder, Pr. 475.

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

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

Scot.: Scottish.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.