Yrða

blár

lýsingarorð
, blá, blátt, [ bla, which has the sense of dark blue, livid: bleov; blue; blau; Swed.-Dan. blå: also bleo = colour], lividus; of the colour of lead, 231; blár sem Hel, black as death, 314, 13; of the livid colour caused by a blow, in the alliterative phrase, blár ok blóðugr, 108; sárir eða lostnir svá blátt eðr rautt sé eptir, ii. 13: blár is the colour of mourning, tjalda blám reflum, xi. 17; falda blá, to wrap the head in black, Ísl. ii. 351 (in a verse); kolblár, Blámaðr, ; blár logi, a pale ‘lowe,’ of a witch’s flame, 5: of cloths; möttull, 24; kápa, 255; kyrtill, 184; mörk, stripes, 244.
β. foolish, insipid; bláheimskr; hann er ekki blár innan, a popular phrase, he is no goose.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • 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.
  • SnótSnót, poems.
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Korm.Kormaks 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.)