Ár
Old Icelandic Dictionary - árMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ár" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ár Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ár
- I)
- ár
- n.
- ár
- 1) year; at ári, next year; telja árum, to count time by years;
- ár
- 2) plenty, abundance, fruitfulnes (þá var ár um öll lönd);
- ár
- 3) the name of the Rune A.
- ár
- II)
- ár
- f. oar; draga skip á árum, to pull the boat with oars; þungr undir árum, heavy to pull; draga árar um e-t, to contend for; koma eigi ár sinni fyrlr borð, to be under restraint.
- ár
- III)
- ár
- n. first beginning; ár var alda, in times of yore; at morgins ári, um morguninn í ár = árla um morguninn, early in the morning.
- ár
- IV)
- ár
- adv.
- ár
- 1) anciently, of yore;
- ár
- 2) early (ár um morguninn).
- ár
- V)
- ár
- from á, river.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- f.
- feminine.
- adv.
- adverb.