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blow up, inflate (sem belgr blásinn); (7) impers., blés upp fótinn, kviðinn, the leg, belly, swelled up; of land, to be laid bare, stripped of the turf (hafði blásit hauginn ok lá silfrit bert).
blásari, m. blower of a trumpet or horn.
blá-silfr. n. bad silver, opp. to 'skírt silfr'.
blásinn, pp. (1) inflated (belgr b.) (2) swollen (sýndist fótrinn b.) (3) stripped of turf, bare, barren (mel-torfa blásin mjök).
blá-stafaðr, a. blue-striped (segl blástafat).
blástr (gen. blástrar and blástar, dat. blæstri and blæsti), m. (1) blast, blowing of the wind; (2) blowing of an animal, hissing of a serpent (heyrði blást drekanna); (3) breathing, breath (málit gørist af blæstrinum); (4) blast of a trumpet; (5) blowing of a bellows; (6) swelling of the body or a limb, mortification.
blástr-belgr, m. bellows;
-horn. n. trumpet, horn;
-járn, n. blast iron (cast, not wrought);
-pipa, f. flute;
-samr, a. windy;
-svalr, a. cold-blowing.
blá-svartr, a. raven-black;
-tönn, blue-black tooth, a nickname.
bleðgi or blegði, m. wedge, plug.
bleðja (bleð, bladda, bladdr), v. (1) to pick off (leaves or fruit); fig. to kill off one by one (b. hirðina or b. hirðina af) (2) to tear asunder (b. klæði sín) (3) to cover, as with a leaf (b. ásjónuna).
bleik-álóttr, a. fawn-coloured with a dark stripe down the back (-álóttr hestr);
-hárr, a. fair-haired;
-hvítr, a. yellowish white.
bleikja (-ta, -tr), v. to bleach (b. lérept); b. hadda sína, to wash the hair (said of women).
bleikja, f. chalk or white clay.
bleikr, a. pale, whitish; bleikt hár, fair hair; b. á hár, fair-haired; (wan, pallid) ok blóðlauss; b. sem nár, deadly pale; b. sem bast, pale as bast.
blek, n. ink;
-horn, n. inkstand.
blekki-liga, adv. delusively;
-ligr, a. delusive (blekkilig er þessa heims hamingja).
blekking, f. derision, fraud.
blekkinga-maðr, m. deceiver.
blekkingar-andi, m. lying spirit.
blekkja (-ta, -tr). v. to impose upon, deceive; refl., blekkjast, to be disappointed.
blek-skortr, m. lack of ink.
blendingr, m. (1) blending, mixture; (2) a being half man and half giant (b. en ekki fullkomit troll).
blesóttr, a. having a blaze or white mark, on the forehead (b. hestr).
blest-mæltr, blestr, a. lisping.
bletsa (að), v. = bleza.
bleyða. f. craven, = bleyðimaðr.
bleyða (-dda, -ddr), v. to dishearten, humble (ef þú bleyðir hjarta þitt); refl., bleyðast, to lose heart or courage (= verða blauðr).
bleyði, f. cowardice;
-maðr, m. coward;
-mannligr, a. cowardly, craven;
-mark, n. mark of cowardice;
-orð, n. charge of cowardice; leggja -orð at baki e-m, to charge one with being a coward (blauðr); bera bleyðiorð fyrir e-m, to be called a coward by one.
bleyta, f. mud, mire.
bleyta (-tta, -ttr), v. to make soft, moisten (b. húð); b. hjarta, skaphöfn e-s, to soften one's heart, temper.
bleza (að), v. to bless (blezaði guð þá hinn sjaunda daginn); also with dat. (guð blezaði bæði fuglum ok fiskum).
blezaðar-fullr, a. rich in blessing.
blezan, f. bressing, benediction.
blezanar-andi, m. spirit of blessing;
-orð, n. pl. words of blessing.
bliat or bliaz, n. a kind of costly stuff (for. word).
blik, n. (1) gleam, sheen; (2) bleaching (liggja á bliki); (3) vizor of a helmet.
blika (að), v. to gleam, twinkle (of shields).
blik-hvítr, a. white-gleaming (of a shield).
blikna (að), v. to grow (turn) pale or pallid (b. af hræzlu, hugleysi).
bliknan f. growing pale.

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