Aldr

Old Norse Dictionary - aldr

Meaning of Old Norse word "aldr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

aldr Old Norse word can mean:

aldr: rs, pl. rar, m. [Ulf. alþs = αιών or Lat. aevum; Engl. old; Germ. alter], age, life, period, old age, everlasting time.

aldr: 1. age, life-time, Lat. vita, aetas; hniginn at aldri, stricken in years, Eg. 187; hniginn á aldr, advanced in years, Orkn. 216; ungr at aldri, in youth, Fms. iii. 90; á léttasta aldri, in the prime of life, v. 71; á gamals aldri, old, iii. 71; á tvítugs, þrítugs aldri, etc.; hálfþrítugr at aldri, twenty-five years of age, Eg. 84; vera svá aldrs kominn, at that time of life, Fs. 4; hafa aldr til e-s, to be so old, be of age, Fms. i. 30; ala aldr, to live, v. ala, Fs. 146; allan aldr, during the whole of one’s life, Ver. 45; lifa langan a., to enjoy a long life, Nj. 252.

aldr: 2. old age, senectus; aldri orpinn, decrepid, lit. overwhelmed by age, Fms. iv. 233, xi. 21; vera við aldr, to be advanced in years.

aldr: 3. manns aldr is now used = generation; lifa marga manns aldra, to outlive many generations: sometimes denoting a period of thirty to thirty-three years.

aldr: 4. seculum, aevum, an age, period; the time from the creation of the world is divided into six such ages (aldrar) in Rb. 134: cp. öld.

aldr: 5. eternity; in the phrase, um aldr, for ever and ever; mun ek engan mann um aldr (no man ever) virða framar en Eystein konung, meðan ek lifi, as long as I live, Fms. vii. 147, Th. 25; af aldri, from times of yore, D. n. ii. 501; um aldr ok æfi, for ever and ever, Gþl. 251, n. G. l. i. 41.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

etc.: et cetera.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

lit.: literally.

cp.: compare.

L.: Linnæus.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

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