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Danish
Verb
blær
- 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)
- gentle breeze
- Synonyms: andvari, vindgustur
Declension
Declension of blær (masculine)
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singular
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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nominative
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blær
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blærinn
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blæir
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blæirnir
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accusative
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blæ
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blæinn
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blæi
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blæina
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dative
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blæ, blæi1, blævi2
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blænum
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blæjum, blævum2
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blæjunum, blævunum2
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genitive
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blæs, blæjar, blævar2
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blæsins, blæjarins, blævarins2
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blæja, blæva2
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blæjanna, blævanna2
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Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Noun
blær m (genitive singular blæs or blæjar, nominative plural blæir)
- (describing the appearance of something) look, ambience, mood, feeling
- Synonyms: yfirbragð, ásýnd
Declension
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)