Áðr

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

áðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

áðr

adv.

áðr

1) already (ek hef áðr ráðit brullaup Mitt);

áðr

2) before, heretofore; litlu (löngu) á., a little while (long) before;

áðr

3) = áðr en, previous to the time when, before, ere; þeir höfðu skamma hríð setið á. þar kom Gunnhildr, they had sat but a short while before G. came; dóu margir á. þeir kœmi til fyrirheitsjarðar, before they came to the land of promise;

áðr

4) until, till (þat var svipstund ein á. stofan brann);

áðr

5) sem á., nevertheless, for all that (hón bað hann þat eigi gera, en hann tekr hana sem á.).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚦᚱ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary