Allr

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

allr Old Icelandic word can mean:

allr

(öll, allt), a.

allr

1) all, entire, whole;

allr

hón á allan arf eptir mik, she has all the heritage after me;

allr

af öllum hug, with all (one’s) heart;

allr

hvítr ~, white all over;

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bú allt, the whole estate;

allr

allan daginn, the whole day;

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í ~i veröld, in the whole world;

allr

allan hálfan mánuð, for the entire fortnight;

allr

with addition of ‘saman’;

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allt saman féit, the whole amount;

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um þenna hernað allan saman, all together;

allr

2) used almost adverbially, all, quite, entirely;

allr

klofnaði hann ~ í sundr, he was all cloven asunder, kváðu Örn allan villast, that he was altogether bewildered;

allr

var Hrappr ~ brottu, quite gone;

allr

~ annarr maðr, quite another man;

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3) gone, past;

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áðr þessi dagr er ~, before this day is past;

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var þá óll þeirra vinátta, their friendship was all over;

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allt er nú mitt megin, my strength is exhausted, gone;

allr

4) departed, dead (þá er Geirmundr var ~);

allr

5) neut. sing. (allt) used. as a subst. in the sense of all, everything;

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eigi er enn þeirra allt, they have not yet altogether won the game;

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þá var allt (all, everybody) við þá hrætt;

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hér er skammætt allt, here everything is transient;

allr

with a compar. all the more (því öllu þungbærri);

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with gen., allt missera (= öll misseri), all the year round;

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allt annars, all the rest;

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at öllu annars, in all other respects;

allr

alls fyrst, first of all;

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alls mest, most of all;

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in adverbial phrases: at öllu, in all respects, in every way;

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í öllu, in everything;

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með öllu, wholly, quite;

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neita með öllu, to refuse outright;

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6) pl. allir (allar, öll), as adj. or substantively, all (þeir gengu út allir);

allr

ór öllum fjórðungum á landinu, from all the quarters of the land;

allr

allir aðrir, all others, every one else;

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flestir allir, nearly all, the greatest part of;

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gen. pl. (~a) as an intensive with superlatives, of all things, all the more;

allr

nú þykkir mér þat ~a sýnst, er, all the more likely, as;

allr

~a helzt, er þeir heyra, particularly now when they hear;

allr

~a sízt, least of all.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚᚱ

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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
• Old Swedish - K.F Söderwall's Dictionary