Blanda

Old Norse Dictionary - blanda

Meaning of Old Norse word "blanda" in English.

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

blanda Old Norse word can mean:

blanda: u, f. any mixture of two fluids, FS. 145 (of watery blood); but esp. a beverage of hot whey mixed up with water, Vm. 60, FmS. ix. 360. Blanda also is the local name of a stream of glacier water in the north of Icel., v. Landn.

blanda: β. metaph. the name of a book, miscellanea; skal sjá skrá … heita B., því at saman er blandað skyldu tali ok úskyldu, Rb. 4, v. l., in MS. Am. 625, 4to. blöndu-horn, n. a cup of blanda, a cognom., Landn. 278.

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

Similar entries:

Blanda (II)

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

cognom.: cognomen.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

nom.: nominative.

S.: Saga.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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