Bleðja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - bleðja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "bleðja" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bleðja Old Icelandic word can mean:

bleðja
(bleð, bladda, bladdr), v.
bleðja
1) to pick off (leaves or fruit); fig. to kill off one by one (~ hirðina or ~ hirðina af);
bleðja
2) to tear asunder (~ klæði sín);
bleðja
3) to cover, as with a leaf (~ ásjónuna).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛁᚦᛁᛅ

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