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aldar

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Icelandic

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Noun

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aldar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of öld

Old Norse

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Noun

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aldar

  1. genitive singular of ǫld

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *aldr (life, age).

Noun

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aldar n

  1. life
  2. age, old age, eld
    • 9th c. Heliand, verse 724
      ..."Nū ik is aldar kan...
      ..."Since I know his age...

Declension

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aldar (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative aldar aldar
accusative aldar aldar
genitive aldares aldarō
dative aldare aldarun
instrumental

Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: alder, older, ōlder