Aldr

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

aldr Old Icelandic word can mean:

aldr

(gen. ~s), m.

aldr

1) age, life-time;

aldr

sautján vetra at ~i, seventeen years of age;

aldr

ungr at ~i, young;

aldr

á ungum ~i, in (one’s) youth;

aldr

á gamals ~i, in (one’s) old age;

aldr

hniginn at ~i, in the decline of life;

aldr

hniginn á efra ~, stricken in years;

aldr

á léttasta ~i, in the prime of life;

aldr

lifa langan ~, to enjoy a long life;

aldr

nema, ræna e-n ~i, to take one’s life;

aldr

týna (slíta) ~i, to lose one’s life;

aldr

2) old age;

aldr

vera við ~, to be up in years;

aldr

~i farinn or orpinn, very old;

aldr

3) long period, age (eptir marga vetr ok mikinn ~);

aldr

allan ~, through all time, always;

aldr

of ~, um ~ (ok æfi), for ever and ever;

aldr

after a negation, ever (þvílíka gersemi höfum vér eigi sét um ~);

aldr

hverr um ~ var svá djarfr, who ever was so bold?.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛏᚱ

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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