blíður
Icelandic
/ˈpliːðʏr/
adj
Definitions
- kind, obliging, mild, tender, affable, friendly, good-natured
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse blíðr inherited from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz (mild, friendly, pleasing).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*blīþiz
Gloss
mild, friendly, pleasing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bly English
- Blyth English
- Blythe English
- blithe English
- blitheful English
- blitheless English
- blithely English
- blithen English
- blitheness English
- blithesome English
- blijde Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰlī- Proto-Indo-European
- *blīþiz Proto-Germanic
- bliþe Old English
- bliþelice Old English
- blīþe Old English
- blīþe, bliþe Old English
- blithe Middle English
- blíðleikr Old Norse
- blíðr Old Norse
- ómblíður Icelandic
- ómur Icelandic
- blide Middle Dutch
- blíður Faroese
- 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *blīþī gmw-pro
- *blīthi Old Dutch
- blidi Old Saxon
- blithe Scots
- *blīthe Old Frisian