almáttigr
lýsingarorðal-máttigr
[ ealmeathig; ala-; allmächtig], almighty, seems to be a Christian () word, translated from the Latin omnipotens; but the phrase ‘hinn almáttki áss’ in the heathen oath (used of Thor) implies its use in very early times. The old form is contracted before -ir, -ar, -an, -um, , and changes g into k; almáttkan, -kir, -kum (now almáttugan, -ugir, -ugum, through all cases), v. máttigr: used of God, i. 231, 10, 305, : heathen use, 258, p. 335.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- Germ.German.
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- etc.et cetera.
- cp.compare.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eluc.Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)