blær

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Danish

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Verb

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blær

  1. imperative of blære

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse blær (gentle breeze, gust of wind), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (to blow).

Noun

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blær m (genitive singular blæjar or blæs, nominative plural blæir)

  1. gentle breeze
    Synonym: andvari
Declension
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    Declension of blær
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blær blærinn blæir blæirnir
accusative blæ blæinn blæi blæina
dative blæ blænum blæjum blæjunum
genitive blæs / blæjar blæsins / blæjarins blæja blæjanna
Derived terms
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See also
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  • gola (a breeze)

Etymology 2

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Uncertain.

Noun

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blær m

  1. (describing the appearance of something) look, ambience, mood, feeling
    Synonyms: yfirbragð, ásýnd
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Further reading

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  • Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  • Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  • Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)