Bleyða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - bleyða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "bleyða" in English.

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

bleyða Old Icelandic word can mean:

bleyða
I)
bleyða
f. craven, = bleyðimaðr.
bleyða
II)
bleyða
(-dda, -ddr), v. to dishearten, humble (ef þú bleyðir hjarta þitt);
bleyða
refl., ~st, to lose heart or courage (= verða blauðr).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛚᛁᚢᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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