allr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognate with Old English eall, Old Frisian all, Old Saxon al, Old Dutch al, ol, Old High German al, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːr̩/

Adjective

allr (not comparable)

  1. all, entire, whole
    • Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 1-2, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 1:
      Hljóðs bið ek allar / helgar kindir, […]
      For silence I ask all /'holy kindreds […]
  2. all, quite, entirely
  3. gone, past, departed

Declension
    Strong declension of allr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative allr ǫll allt
accusative allan alla allt
dative ǫllum allri ǫllu
genitive alls allrar alls
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative allir allar ǫll
accusative alla allar ǫll
dative ǫllum ǫllum ǫllum
genitive allra allra allra

Descendants
  • Icelandic: allur
  • Faroese: allur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: all
  • Old Swedish: alder, ᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ
  • Danish: al
    • Norwegian Bokmål: all

References
  • “allr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • allr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • allr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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