Bleðja

Old Norse Dictionary - bleðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "bleðja" in English.

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

bleðja: að, [blað], pret. bladdi; a part. ‘bladdr’ occurs, Post. 606; prop. to prune, lop trees and plants, Bs. ii. 165, N. G. L. i. 241: esp. in the metaph. phrase, b. af, to destroy, kill off one by one; mun hann svá ætla at b. hirðina, Fms. ii. 55, vii. 36, Fs. 96.

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

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

L.: Linnæus.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

part.: participle.

prop.: proper, properly.

pret.: preterite.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

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