alr

See also: ALR

English

Adverb

alr (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of already.

Interjection

alr

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of alright.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alaz, akin to Old English æl and Old High German ala. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.

Noun

alr m (genitive als, plural alir)

1. awl

Declension

  Declension of alr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alr	alrinn	alir	alirnir
accusative	al	alinn	ali	alina
dative	al	alinum	ǫlum	ǫlunum
genitive	als	alsins	ala	alanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: alur
• Norwegian: ale

References

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