Öld
Old Icelandic Dictionary - öldMeaning of Old Icelandic word "öld" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
öld Old Icelandic word can mean:
- öld
- (gen. aldar, pl. aldir), f.
- öld
- 1) time, age (var ~ hans góð landsfólkinu); of allar aldir, through all ages; at alda øðli, to everlasting possession, for ever;
- öld
- 2) cycle, period; gamla ~, the old cycle;
- öld
- 3) poet., men, people; alda börn, children of men.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛚᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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