Alin
Old Icelandic Dictionary - alinMeaning of Old Icelandic word "alin" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
alin Old Icelandic word can mean:
- alin
- (gen. sing. alnar or álnar; pl. alnar or álnir), f. = öln;
- alin
- 1) the old Icelandic ell (about half a yard);
- alin
- 2) unit of value, an ell of woollen stuff (~ vaðmáls), = one sixth of an ounce(eyrir).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛁᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
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