bylur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bylr, byl (“gust of wind, squall”), from a Proto-Germanic root related to *blēaną (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪːlʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪːlʏr

Noun

bylur m (genitive singular byls or byljar, nominative plural byljir)

1. snowstorm, blizzard

Derived terms

• blindbylur
• hríðarbylur
• öskubylur

References

• Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “372”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 372
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83