ǫld

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See also: old, öld, øld, and 'old

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aldiz (age, lifetime). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (alds).

Pronunciation

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  • (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /ˈɒld/
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɒld/

Noun

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ǫld f (genitive aldar, plural aldir)

  1. time, age
    • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 1-2, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 1:
      Ár var alda / þar er Ýmir bygði, []
      In early ages, / when Ymir lived []
  2. cycle, period
    • Stjorn 95, in 1834, F. Magnússon, C.C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur. Volume VIII. Copenhagen, page 15:
      [] ok at greina daga, uikur ok manadi, aar ok aldir
      and to distinguish days from weeks and months, years and centuries
  3. (poetic, in the singular) people
  4. (poetic, in the plural) men, mankind
    • Hávamál, verse 12, lines 1-3, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 44:
      Era sva gott, / sem gott qveþa, / öl alda sona; []
      Is not so good, / as they say it is, / ale for the sons of men; []

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: öld f
  • Faroese: øld f
  • Danish: old c (archaic)

References

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  • ǫld in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • ǫld in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.