Blika

Old Norse Dictionary - blika

Meaning of Old Norse word "blika" in English.

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

blika Old Norse word can mean:

blika: 1. u, f. light clouds foreboding storms, such as the Engl. call ‘mare’s tails,’ (regn-blika, vind-blika), hence the saying, e-m lízt ekki a blikuna, when matters look threatening; freq. in mod. usage, though no instance is on record in old writers.

blika: 2. medic. pallor, Dan. blegesot, Fél. ix. 201.

blika: 2. að, and blíkja, bleik, bliku, an old obsolete poët. form, of which only remain the forms, 3rd pers. pl. pret. bliku, fulgebant, Vkv. 6, Fas. i. 186 (in a verse): infm., blíkja, Hkr. i. 96 (in a verse); 3rd pers. pl. pres. blíkja, fulgent, Grág. ii. 170, in an old law form; part. blíkjanda, Edda 231, [Lat. fulgere; Germ. blicken, cp. blitzen; Engl to blink]:—to gleam, twinkle, Lat. micare; the stars ‘blika,’ the sun ‘skín;’ used of arms, skildir bliku þeirra við hinn skarða mána, Vkv. l. c.; bliku reið er Regin átti, Fas. l. c.; á baki létu blíkja (of the shields), Hkr. l. c.; skildir blika við 1 Rauðaskriðum, Nj. 143, cp. Grág. ii. 170; blikuðu þar skildir við, Eg. 724; blika við sólu, Fbr. 156; blíkjanda (part.) böl, gleaming bale, of the hall of Hela, Edda l. c.

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

Abbreviations used:

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

Dan.: Danish.

medic.: medicine, medically.

n.: neuter.

cp.: compare.

Germ.: German.

Lat.: Latin.

l. c.: loco citato.

m.: masculine.

part.: participle.

pers.: person.

pl.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

pres.: present.

pret.: preterite.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fél.: Félags-rit.

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

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