Aulandi
Old Norse Dictionary - aulandiMeaning of Old Norse word "aulandi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- aulandi
- an indecl. adj., qs. al-landi, an απ. λεγ. in the proverb Nj. 10, illt er þeim er au. er alinn. [The root is prob. al- (Lat. alius), land, cp. A. S. ellend or elland (Hel. elilendi), alienus, peregrinus; Old Engl. alyant; O. H. G. alilanta (whence n. H. G. elend, miser): there is in Icel. also a form erlendr, prob. a corruption for ellendr. This root is quite lost in the Scandin. idioms with the single exception of the proverb mentioned above, and the altered form er-.] The MSS. of the Nj. l. c. differ; some of them have á úlandi in two words, in terra malâ; Johnsonius has not made out the meaning: the proper sense seems to be exul ubique infelix. In olden times peregrinus and miser were synonymous, the first in a proper, the last in a metaphorical sense: so the Lat. hostis (= hospes) passed into the sense of enemy. The spelling with ö (ölandi) ought perhaps to be preferred, although the change of vowel cannot be easily accounted for.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᛚᛅᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- decl.
- declined.
- Engl.
- English.
- for.
- foreign.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- n.
- neuter.
- N. H. G.
- New High German.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)