blundur
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