Gamall
Old Icelandic Dictionary - gamallMeaning of Old Icelandic word "gamall" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
gamall Old Icelandic word can mean:
- gamall
- (gömul, gamalt), a.
- gamall
- 1) old;
- gamall
- á gamals aldri, in his old age;
- gamall
- opt er gott þat er gamlir kveða, old men’s sayings are often good;
- gamall
- 2) old, aged, of a certain age;
- gamall
- hve ~ maðr ertu, how old art thou?
- gamall
- tólf vetra (gen.) ~, twelve years old.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛘᛅᛚᛚ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
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