Áll
Old Norse Dictionary - állMeaning of Old Norse word "áll" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
áll Old Norse word can mean:
- áll
- m.
- áll
- I. an eel, Lat. anguilla, Km. 236, Edda (Gl.), 655 xxx. 2, Stj. 69.
- áll
- II. a deep narrow channel in sea or river; eru nú þeir einir alar til lands er ek get vaðit, Fms. iii. 60; þeir lögðu út á álinn (in a harbour) ok lágu þar um strengi, Sturl. i. 224; djúpir eru Islands alar, of the channel of the Atlantic between Norway and Iceland, a proverb touching the giantess who tried to wade from Norway to Iceland, Ísl. Þjóðs.
- áll
- III. in names of horses, or adjectives denoting the colour of a horse, ‘ál’ means a coloured stripe along the back, e. g. in mó-ál-óttr, brown striped, bleik-ál-óttr, yellow striped; Kingála and Bleikálingr are names of horses, referring to their colour.
- áll
- IV. a sort of seed, Edda (Gl.); cp. Ivar Aasen, aal, a sprout, and aala, aal-renne, to sprout, of potatoes.
- áll
- V. the pith of a tree; ok haft þar til álinn úr eikitrjám = το μέλαν δρυος ἀμφικεάσσας, Od. xiv. 12 (Dr. Egilsson).
- áll
- COMPDS: álafiski, álagarðr, álaveiðr, álavirki.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- cp.
- compare.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Km.
- Kráku-mál. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.