blautr
lýsingarorð
[ bleât = miser; blozs = nudus; blait = nudus (Jamieson); blöd; blödig = soft; the and blott, blotted, = stripped, are borrowed from ; distinguishes between blaú = shy, and blaut = wet, damp; blauðr and blautr are no doubt only variations of the same word].
I. soft, mollis, in a good sense; this sense of the word remains only in a few compds, v. above, and in a few phrases, frá blautu barns beini, from babyhood, iii. 155, 522, 71; b. fiskr, fresh (soft) fish, i. 853, to harðr (dried) fiskr; in , however, it means soaked fish: in poetry, b. sæing, a soft bed, (in a verse): of stuffs, but only in less classical writers or translated romances; b. purpuri, 32; lerépt, 400 A; dúnn, 126; blautir vindar, soft breezes, 214 B: a single exception is, 19, fjöturinn var sléttr ok b. sem silkiræma, soft and smooth as silk lace.
2. = blauðr, faint, imbecile; blautir menn, 34, i. 161: a paraphrasis of blauðr in 6.
II. but commonly = soaked, wet, miry, [ blöt, and the phrase, lägga sit hufuud í blöt, to beat one’s brains: also bleyta, mud; bloti, thaw; blotna, to melt]; þar vóru vellir blautir, því at regn höfðu verit, 528; keldur blautar, 266; þeir fengu ekki blautt um Valbjarnar-völlu, i. 509, ; and soft road, soft weather, = wet, Scott’s Black Dwarf, 3 note.Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.German.
- Scot.Scottish.
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Lat.Latin.
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- opp.opposed.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- cp.compare.
- etc.et cetera.
- North. E.Northern English.
- ch.chapter.
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Magn.Magnús saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Bret.Breta sögur. (G. I.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Mart.Martinus saga. (F. III.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Fm.Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)