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Old Icelandic Dictionary - æMeaning of Old Icelandic word "æ" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
æ Old Icelandic word can mean:
- æ
- I)
- æ
- interj. ah! o! oh! (denoting pain).
- æ
- II)
- æ
- adv.
- æ
- 1) aye, ever, always (við vín eitt Óðinn æ lifir); æ ok æ, for ever and ever; æ jafnan, forever and aye;
- æ
- 2) with compar.; gljúfrin vóru æ því breiðari er ofarr dró, the ravine became ever the broader the higher one went up; æ sem fyrst, the soonest possible;
- æ
- 3) never (æ menn hann sjálfan um sjá).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.