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

• 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

    Weak declension of allr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	alli	alla	alla
accusative	alla	ǫllu	alla
dative	alla	ǫllu	alla
genitive	alla	ǫllu	alla
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫllu	ǫllu	ǫllu
accusative	ǫllu	ǫllu	ǫllu
dative	ǫllum	ǫllum	ǫllum
genitive	ǫllu	ǫllu	ǫllu

Descendants

• Icelandic: allur
• Faroese: allur
• Norwegian: all, alt
• Old Swedish: alder, ᛆᛚᚦᚽᚱ (Runic)
  • Swedish: all
• Danish: al

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.