aldrigi

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aldri +‎ -gi (“negative suffix”), the first part being the dative singular of aldr (“age, lifetime”), thus literally 'not in a lifetime'.

Adverb[edit]

aldrigi

  1. never
    Synonym: æva

References[edit]

  • “aldrigi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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