blár
lýsingarorð
Merkingar
adj., fem. blá, neut. blátt, [Scot. bla, which has the Icel. sense of dark blue, livid: cp. A. S. bleov; Engl. blue; Germ. blau; Swed.-Dan. blå: cp. also A. S. bleo = colour], prop. Lat. lividus; of the colour of lead, Snót 231; blár sem Hel, cp. Engl. black as death, Eb. 314, cp. Edda 13; of the livid colour caused by a blow, in the alliterative phrase, blár ok blóðugr, Korm. 108; sárir eða lostnir svá blátt eðr rautt sé eptir, Grág. ii. 13: blár is the colour of mourning, tjalda blám reflum, Fms. xi. 17; falda blá, to wrap the head in black, Ísl. ii. 351 (in a verse); cp. kolblár, Blámaðr, etc.; blár logi, a pale ‘lowe,’ of a witch’s flame, Gullþ. 5: of cloths; möttull, Nj. 24; kápa, 255; kyrtill, 184; mörk, stripes, Ld. 244.
- β.
metaph. foolish, insipid; cp. bláheimskr; hann er ekki blár innan, a popular phrase, he is no goose.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- fem.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- neut.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.
- compare.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Snót
- Snót, poems.
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)