bleðja

See also: bledja

Old Norse

Etymology

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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	present	past
1st-person singular	bleð	bladda
2nd-person singular	bleðr	bladdir
3rd-person singular	bleðr	bladdi
1st-person plural	bleðjum	blǫddum
2nd-person plural	bleðið	blǫdduð
3rd-person plural	bleðja	blǫddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bleðja	bledda
2nd-person singular	bleðir	bleddir
3rd-person singular	bleði	bleddi
1st-person plural	bleðim	bleddim
2nd-person plural	bleðið	bleddið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	bleðjumk	blǫddumk
2nd-person singular	blezk	bladdisk
3rd-person singular	blezk	bladdisk
1st-person plural	bleðjumsk	blǫddumsk
2nd-person plural	bleðizk	blǫdduzk
3rd-person plural	bleðjask	blǫddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	bleðjumk	bleddumk
2nd-person singular	bleðisk	bleddisk
3rd-person singular	bleðisk	bleddisk
1st-person plural	bleðimsk	bleddimsk
2nd-person plural	bleðizk	bleddizk
3rd-person plural	bleðisk	bleddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	blezk
1st-person plural	bleðjumsk
2nd-person plural	bleðizk

Related terms

• blað

Descendants

• Icelandic: bleðja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ble

References

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