Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

bláwan

  • verb
Dictionary links
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §120; §161; §264; §292; §517;
Dele first passage, and add :
intrans.
of the wind
Show examples

  • Se wind hæfð mistlice naman on bócum; ðanon þe hé blǽwð him byð nama gesett,

    • Lch. iii. 274, 12
      • .

  • Súþan bláwan

    to blow from the south,

    • Lk. 12, 55
      • .
of living creatures,
to blow, breathe
Show examples

  • Swá hwæt swá seó nǽddre gesihð, heó tó blǽwð and onǽleþ,

    • Lch. i. 242, 21
      • .

  • Bleów

    ructabat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 1
      • .

  • Þæs þe hé on mínne andwlitan bleóu (bleów, bléw, v. ll.)

    exsufflante illo in faciem meam,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 581, 3.
to breathe hard, snort, pant :--
Show examples

  • Ðæt hors ongan bláwan and gremetian ungemetlíce

    (immenso flatu et fremitu),

    • Gr. D. 183, 11.
to blow, make a sound with a trumpet :--
Show examples

  • Swíðlíce bleówan seofon sácerdas mid sylfrenum býmum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 212, 29
      • :
    • Jos. 6, 13
      • .

  • Seofon sácerdas bláwon mid býmon

    (clangent buccinos),

    • 6, 4
      • .
of things,
to emit air
Show examples

  • Bláwendra byliga

    flantium follium,

    • Coll. M. 31, 7
      • .
to blow, sound (of a trumpet)
Show examples

  • Seó býme blǽwð,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 568, 24
      • .

  • Bláwendre

    clangenti sistro, sonanti tubae,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 49
      • .

  • Þǽr com egeslic swég and bláwende býman,

    • Hml. Th. i. 312, 12
      • .
of fire,
to flame, blaze. v. blǽd. V. blǽst flame
Show examples

  • Ðonne fýren líg bláweð (-að, MS.) and braslað reád and réðe

    ignea tanc sonitus perfundet flamma feroces,

    • Dóm. L. 151.
trans.
to drive by blowing
Show examples

  • Bláw mid hreóde ꝥ seáw on ꝥ dolh . . . bláw þá sealfe on þá dolh,

    • Lch. ii. 332, 2, 11
      • .
to cause to sound by blowing, blow a horn, trumpet
Show examples

  • Þá bleów man míne býman,

    • Nar. 13, 4
      • .

  • Hé náwðer ne hrýme, ne hé horn ne bláwe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 42, 24
      • .
to flll with air, inflate
Show examples

  • Þá bleówan wé þá kylla,

    • Hml. A. 205, 347
      • .
Similar entries
v. be-, on-, wiþ-bláwan; þurh-bláwen.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bláwan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40531.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • bláwan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.