Blástr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - blástrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "blástr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
blástr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- blástr
- (gen. ~ar and blástar, dat. blæstri and blæsti), m.
- blástr
- 1) blast, blowing of the wind;
- blástr
- 2) blowing of an animal, hissing of a serpent (heyrði blást drekanna);
- blástr
- 3) breathing, breath (málit gørist af blæstrinum);
- blástr
- 4) blast of a trumpet;
- blástr
- 5) blowing of a bellows;
- blástr
- 6) swelling of the body or a limb, mortification.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛅᛋᛏᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
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