Alls

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

alls Old Icelandic word can mean:

alls

I)

alls

gen. sing. of allr, used as an adv.;

alls

1) a. ekki (eigi), not at all, by no means;

alls

þeir ugðu a. ekki at sér, they were not a bit afraid;

alls

a. engi, no one at all;

alls

sometimes without a negative following it, quite, altogether;

alls

ær a. geldar, ewes quite barren;

alls

a. vesall, altogether wretched;

alls

hann var eigi a. tvítugr, not quite twenty years old;

alls

2) in connection with numbers, in all;

alls

alls fórust níu menn, there perished nine in all;

alls

3) far;

alls

alls of lengi, alls til lengi, far too long a time.

alls

II)

alls

conj. as, since (~ þú ert góðr drengr kallaðr);

alls

with addition of ‘er’ (~ er þú ert svá þráhaldr á þínu máli).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚᛋ

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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