Ella
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ellaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ella" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ella Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ella
- adv. and conj.
- ella
- 1) else, otherwise (skaltu eigi annat þora en fara ella skal ek drepa þik); eða ella, or else; eða heit hvers manns níðingr ella, or else be called the ‘nithing’ of every man;
- ella
- 2) or, or else (annathvárt at koma honum á mitt vald, ella drepa hann sjálfr).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- conj.
- conjunction.
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