blása

See also: blasa, Blase, blasé, and blåsa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse blása, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Verb

blása (third person singular past indicative blásti, third person plural past indicative blást, supine blást)

1. to blow

Usage notes

In poetic language the form blæs acts as both present and past tense.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blása, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplauːsa/
• Rhymes: -auːsa

Verb

blása (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative blés, third-person plural past indicative blésu, supine blásið)

1. to blow

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• blástur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Verb

blása

1. to blow
2. to blow with the mouth
3. to set in motion by blowing [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of blása — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	blása
present participle	blásandi
past participle	blásinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	blæs	blés		blása	blésa
2nd person singular	blæss	blést		blásir	blésir
3rd person singular	blæss	blés		blási	blési
1st person plural	blásum	blésum		blásim	blésim
2nd person plural	blásið	blésuð		blásið	blésið
3rd person plural	blása	blésu		blási	blési
imperative	present
2nd person singular	blás
1st person plural	blásum
2nd person plural	blásið

Conjugation of blása — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	blásask
present participle	blásandisk
past participle	blásizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	blásumk	blésumk		blásumk	blésumk
2nd person singular	blæsk	blésk		blásisk	blésisk
3rd person singular	blæsk	blésk		blásisk	blésisk
1st person plural	blásumsk	blésumsk		blásimsk	blésimsk
2nd person plural	blásizk	blésuzk		blásizk	blésizk
3rd person plural	blásask	blésusk		blásisk	blésisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	blásk
1st person plural	blásumsk
2nd person plural	blásizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: blása
• Faroese: blása
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blåsa, blåse
• Old Danish: blǣsæ
  • Danish: blæse
• Old Swedish: blāsa
  • Swedish: blåsa
• Elfdalian: blåsa
• Gutnish: blase
• Scanian: blæsa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “blása”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 57; also available at the Internet Archive