Allt
Old Icelandic Dictionary - alltMeaning of Old Icelandic word "allt" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
allt Old Icelandic word can mean:
- allt
- neut. from allr;
- allt
- 1) right up to, all the way;
- allt
- Brynjólfr gengr ~ at honum, close up to him;
- allt
- ~ norðr um Stað all the way north, round Cape Stað;
- allt
- 2) everywhere;
- allt
- Sigröðr var konungr ~ um Þrændalög, over all Drontheim;
- allt
- vóru svírar ~ gulli búnir, all overlaid with gold;
- allt
- 3) already;
- allt
- vóru ~ komin fyrir hann bréf, warrants of arrest were already awaiting him;
- allt
- 4) of time, all through, until (~ til Jónsvöku);
- allt
- 5) ~ til, ~ of, far too (þú ert ~ of heimskr);
- allt
- 6) ~ at einu, ~ eins, all the same, nevertheless (ek ætla þó útan ~ eins).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- neut.
- neuter.
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