blettur

From an assumed Old Norse *blettr, see Icelandic blettur for more.

blettur m (genitive singular blets, plural blettir)

1. stain, blot, patch
2. point, spot, place

• depil

• blettutur
• brotssparksblettur

Given the Faroese and possibly Middle English cognates (see blot), assumed to be from Old Norse *blettr, although this word is only attested in copies of Norse texts from after the transition from Norse to Icelandic (where older, Norse-era copies have words like flekkr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛhtʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛhtʏr

blettur m (genitive singular bletts, nominative plural blettir)

1. stain, blot, patch
2. plot of land

• sósublettur
• grasblettur