blær

Danish

Verb

blær

1. imperative of blære

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plai̯ːr/
• Rhymes: -aiːr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. gentle breeze

   Synonym: andvari

Declension

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

• blævængur (“hand fan”)
• blæjalogn

See also

• gola (“a breeze”)

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

blær m

1. (describing the appearance of something) look, ambience, mood, feeling

   Synonyms: yfirbragð, ásýnd

Derived terms

• blæbrigði
• blæmunur

Further reading

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