blær

== Danish == === Verb === blær imperative of blære == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plai̯ːr/ Rhymes: -aiːr === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse blær (“gentle breeze, gust of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”). ==== Noun ==== blær m (genitive singular blæs or blæjar or (archaic/obsolete) blævar, nominative plural blæir) gentle breeze Synonyms: andvari, vindgustur ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== blævængur (“hand fan”) blæjalogn ===== See also ===== gola (“a breeze”) === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. ==== Noun ==== blær m (genitive singular blæs or blæjar, nominative plural blæir) (describing the appearance of something) look, ambience, mood, feeling Synonyms: yfirbragð, ásýnd ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== blæbrigði blæmunur === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “blær”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “blær”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “blær” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “blær”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies === Further reading === Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948) Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997) Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)