blær

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Danish

Verb

blær

  1. imperative of blære

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blær (“gentle breeze, gust of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”).

Noun

blær m (genitive singular blæjar or blæs, nominative plural blæir)

  1. gentle breeze
    Synonym: andvari
Declension
    Declension of blær
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blær blærinn blæir blæirnir
accusative blæ blæinn blæi blæina
dative blæ blænum blæjum blæjunum
genitive blæs / blæjar blæsins / blæjarins blæja blæjanna
Derived terms
See also
  • gola (“a breeze”)

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

blær m

  1. (describing the appearance of something) look, ambience, mood, feeling
    Synonyms: yfirbragð, ásýnd
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  • Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  • Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
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