blása

See also: blasa, Blase, blasé, and blåsa

Faroese

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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Icelandic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) 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

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.

Verb

blása

1. to blow
2. to blow with the mouth
3. (transitive, with dative) to set in motion by blowing

Conjugation

Conjugation of blása — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	blása
present participle	blásandi
past participle	blásinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	blæs	blés
2nd-person singular	blæss	blést
3rd-person singular	blæss	blés
1st-person plural	blásum	blésum
2nd-person plural	blásið	blésuð
3rd-person plural	blása	blésu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	blása	blésa
2nd-person singular	blásir	blésir
3rd-person singular	blási	blési
1st-person plural	blásim	blésim
2nd-person plural	blásið	blésið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	blásumk	blésumk
2nd-person singular	blæsk	blésk
3rd-person singular	blæsk	blésk
1st-person plural	blásumsk	blésumsk
2nd-person plural	blásizk	blésuzk
3rd-person plural	blásask	blésusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	blásumk	blésumk
2nd-person singular	blásisk	blésisk
3rd-person singular	blásisk	blésisk
1st-person plural	blásimsk	blésimsk
2nd-person plural	blásizk	blésizk
3rd-person plural	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: blæsæ, blǣsæ
  • Danish: blæse
• Old Swedish: blasa, blāsa
  • Swedish: blåsa
• Elfdalian: blåsa
• Gutnish: blase
• Scanian: blæsa

References

• blása in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.