blástr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēstuz.

Noun

blástr m (genitive blástar, dative blæsti)

1. blast
2. breath, blow

Declension

The nominative -r may be reanalyzed as a part of the stem.

  Declension of blástr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blástr	blástrinn	blæstir	blæstirnir
accusative	blást	blástinn	blástu	blástuna
dative	blæsti	blæstinum	blástum	blástunum
genitive	blástar	blástarins	blásta	blástanna

  Declension of blástr (strong u-stem; stem reanalyzed as blástr)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blástr	blástrinn	blæstrir	blæstrirnir
accusative	blástr	blástrinn	blástru	blástruna
dative	blæstri	blæstrinum	blástrum	blástrunum
genitive	blástrar	blástrarins	blástra	blástranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: blástur
• Faroese: blástur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blåster, blåst
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: blåst
• Old Swedish: blāster, blǣster
  • Swedish: blåst (in southern dialects bläst, bläjst, blest)
• Old Danish: blæst
  • Danish: blæst
    • Norwegian Bokmål: blest
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: blest
• Norn: blåster