blundur
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse blundur, related to blindr (“blind”); both are from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. See also Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (blinds), Old English blind.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
blundur m (genitive singular blunds, nominative plural blundir)
- nap (short period of sleep)
Declension[edit]
declension of blundur
Derived terms[edit]
- blunda (“to nap, to doze”)
References[edit]
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 455, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 455