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 blæs or blæjar or (archaic/obsolete) blævar, nominative plural blæir)

  1. gentle breeze
    Synonyms: andvari, vindgustur
Declension
Declension of blær (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blær blærinn blæir blæirnir
accusative blæ blæinn blæi blæina
dative blæ, blæi1, blævi2 blænum blæjum, blævum2 blæjunum, blævunum2
genitive blæs, blæjar, blævar2 blæsins, blæjarins, blævarins2 blæja, blæva2 blæjanna, blævanna2

1Rare.
2Archaic/obsolete.

Derived terms
See also
  • gola (a breeze)

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

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

  1. (describing the appearance of something) look, ambience, mood, feeling
    Synonyms: yfirbragð, ásýnd
Declension
Declension of blær (masculine)
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

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “blær”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “blær” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • blær”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)

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)