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blikra (að), v. impers., e-m blikrar, one feels uneasy or anxious.
blinda (að), v. to blind, derive of sight (dróttinn blindaði augu þeirra); hann blindar sjálfan sik allra sanninda, he blinds himself to all truth.
blindi, f. blindness.
blindingr, m. hidden peg, dowel.
blind-leiki, -leikr, m. blindness.
blindr, a. blind; b. báðum augum, blind of both eyes; hann háfði verit b. borinn, born blind; with gen., b. ens sauna um e-t, blind as to the truth or reality about a thing; e-m er e-t blint, it is obscure, hidden to one; Einarr lét sér þat blint vera, E. professed ignorance about it.
bliða, f. friendliness, gentleness hófst þá enn at nýju b. (friendly relations) með þeim mágum.
bliða (-dda, -ddr), v. = blíðka.
blíðast (að), v. refl. = blíðkast.
blíðindi, n. pl. comforts, delights.
bliðing, f. enticement, allurement.
bliðka (að), v. to soften, mitigate (b. e-n með gjöfum); refl., blíðkast, to grow mild; b. e-m, to insinuate oneself into one's favour.
blíðkan, f. caressing, caresses.
blíð-látr, a. displaying friendliness or kindness;
-leikr, m. (1) friendliness, gentleness; (2) mildness, balminess (-leikr loptsins);
-leitr, a. of mild countenance;
-liga, adv. kindly, with kindness (taka, fagna e-m -liga);
-ligr, a. (1) gentle, friendly (-ligr í yfirbragði); (2) delightful;
-lundabr, a. of gentle disposition;
-leati. n. caressing;
-mæli, n. pl. fair words, blandishments;
-mæltr, a. affable, bland.
bliðr, a. (1) gentle, friendly (vera b. ok þekkr við menn); (2) pleasant, agreeable; þat er þér blíðara, that pleases you better; (3) mild, balmy (blítt véðr).
blíðskapar-orð, n. friendly word.
blið-skapr (-ar), m. friendliness, kindness; caresses (eiga -skap með konu).
blíðu-bragð, n. friendly mien ( = blítt yfirbragð); caressing;
-fullr, a. friendly.
blið-viðri, n. mild weather;
-yrði, pl., = blíðmæli.
bligja (-ða, -t), v. to gaze (blígja augum).
blíkja (blík; bleik, bliku; ---), v. an obsolete verb, = blika.
blístra, f. the mouthpiece of bellows.
blistra (að), v. to whistle; b. í spor e-m or e-s, to whistle after one who has run away.
blístran, f. whistling (with the mouth).
blota-maðr, m. effeminate person.
blotna (að), v. to become soft or moist; fig., to give way, yield (b. við e-t, fyrir e-m).
blóð, n. (1) blood; rann honum mjök b., he lost much blood; nema (taka) e-m b., to bleed one; vekja e-m b., to draw blood of one; ganga blóði, to have a hemorrhage or dysentery, blanda bloði saman, to enter into foster-brothership by mixing blood together; (2) offspring, blood-relations.
blóð-band, n. bandage to stop bleeding, esp. pl. (-bönd);
-bogi, m. gush or jet of blood;
-bolli, m. = blótbolli;
-drefjar, f. pl. scattering of blood;
-dreif, f. sprinkling (streak) of blood;
-drekkr, m. one who drinks blood;
-drif, n. flowing of blood;
-dropi, m. drop of blood;
-drykkja, f. drink of blood;
-drög, n. pl., = -dreif;
-fall, n. hemorrhage.
blóðfalls-sótt, f. the bloody flux, dysentery.
blóð-flekkr, m. fleck or stain of blood;
-fors, m. gush of blood;
-fullr, a. full of blood.
blóðga (að), v. to make bloody, to smear with blood; refl., blóðgast, to become bloody.
blóð-kýll, m. blood-bag; fig., blood-sucker;
- lauss, a. bloodless;
- lát, n. (1) loss of blood; (2) blood-letting, bleeding;
- látinn, pp. (that has been) bled;
- lifr, f. clotted blood;
- ligr, a. bloody;
- lœkr, m. stream of blood;
- maðkr, m. maggot bred in putrefying blood;
- nætr, f. pl. 'blood-nights', in the prov., 'blóð-nætr eru hverjum bráðastar,' referring to the fierce

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