Yrða

aldr

nafnorðkarlkyn
rs, rar, [ alþs = αιών or aevum; old; alter], age, life, period, old age, everlasting time.
1. age, life-time, vita, aetas; hniginn at aldri, stricken in years, 187; hniginn á aldr, advanced in years, 216; ungr at aldri, in youth, iii. 90; á léttasta aldri, in the prime of life, v. 71; á gamals aldri, old, iii. 71; á tvítugs, þrítugs aldri, ; hálfþrítugr at aldri, twenty-five years of age, 84; vera svá aldrs kominn, at that time of life, 4; hafa aldr til e-s, to be so old, be of age, i. 30; ala aldr, to live, v. ala, 146; allan aldr, during the whole of one’s life, 45; lifa langan a., to enjoy a long life, 252.2. old age, senectus; aldri orpinn, decrepid, overwhelmed by age, iv. 233, xi. 21; vera við aldr, to be advanced in years.3. manns aldr is now used = generation; lifa marga manns aldra, to outlive many generations: sometimes denoting a period of thirty to thirty-three years.4. seculum, aevum, an age, period; the time from the creation of the world is divided into six such ages (aldrar) in 134: öld.5. eternity; in the phrase, um aldr, for ever and ever; mun ek engan mann um aldr (no man ever) virða framar en Eystein konung, meðan ek lifi, as long as I live, vii. 147, 25; af aldri, from times of yore, ii. 501; um aldr ok æfi, for ever and ever, 251, i. 41.
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  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
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  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Ver.Veraldar saga. (E. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
  • Th.Theophilus. (F. III.)
  • D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
  • Gþl.Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)