Ætlan

Old Icelandic Dictionary - ætlan

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "ætlan" in English.

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

ætlan Old Icelandic word can mean:

ætlan
f.
ætlan
1) thought, meaning, opinion (hverja ~ hafið þér um úfrið þenna);
ætlan
2) plan, design (brást sú ~, sem áðr var gör um atlöguna);
ætlan
3) reason, meaning; þat er engi ~, there is no use thinking of that;
ætlan
4) estimate (mevi fjöldi en hœgt væri at telja eða ~ á koma).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛚᛅᚾ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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