bleðja

See also: bledja

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bleðja (singular past indicative bladdi, plural past indicative blǫddu, past participle bladdr)

  1. to pick off (leaves or fruit)
  2. (figurative, by extension) to kill off one by one
  3. to tear asunder
  4. to cover, as with a leaf

Conjugation

Conjugation of bleðja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bleðja
present participle bleðjandi
past participle bladdr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bleð bladda bleðja bledda
2nd person singular bleðr bladdir bleðir bleddir
3rd person singular bleðr bladdi bleði bleddi
1st person plural bleðjum blǫddum bleðim bleddim
2nd person plural bleðið blǫdduð bleðið bleddið
3rd person plural bleðja blǫddu bleði bleddi
imperative present
2nd person singular bleð
1st person plural bleðjum
2nd person plural bleðið
Conjugation of bleðja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive bleðjask
present participle bleðjandisk
past participle blazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bleðjumk blǫddumk bleðjumk bleddumk
2nd person singular blezk bladdisk bleðisk bleddisk
3rd person singular blezk bladdisk bleðisk bleddisk
1st person plural bleðjumsk blǫddumsk bleðimsk bleddimsk
2nd person plural bleðizk blǫdduzk bleðizk bleddizk
3rd person plural bleðjask blǫddusk bleðisk bleddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular blezk
1st person plural bleðjumsk
2nd person plural bleðizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bleðja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ble

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bleðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 58; also available at the Internet Archive