BLÍSTRA

whistle

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I)

f. the mouthpiece of bellows.

II)

(að), v. to whistle; blístra í spor e-m or e-s, to whistle after one who has run away.

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að, to whistle, Fb. i. 553, Fas. iii. 337, Bret. 26: the phrase, b. í spor e-m, prob. a hunting term, to run whistling after one, Korm. 62, Fms. viii. 60.

2. of snakes, to hiss, Fr.