Blöskra

Old Norwegian Dictionary - blöskra

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "blöskra" (or blǫskra) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

blöskra (blǫskra)
blöskra, v. (að) blinke med Øinene. Fm.VII, 157. XI, 150; Stj. 8124; ogsaa upers.e-m blöskrar Sturl. II, 3626.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, blöskra may be more accurately written as blǫskra.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛚᚯᛋᚴᚱᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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