blað

Icelandic

/plaːð/

noun
Definitions
  • a sheet of paper
  • a newspaper or magazine
  • leaf
  • (of grass) blade
  • (of a knife, sword) blade
  • (music) reed thin piece in a woodwind instrument that vibrates to produce sound

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse blað derived from Proto-Germanic *bladą (leaf).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bladą

Gloss

leaf

Concept
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