aldinn
lýsingarorð
adj. [Engl. old; Germ. alt; Ulf. alþeis = αρχαιος]. In Icel. only poët. The Scandinavians say gamall in the posit., but in compar. and superl. ellri, elztr, from another root ald: it very seldom appears in prose authors: v. Lex. Poët.; Sks. 630; cp. aldrænn.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- poët.
- poetically.
- posit.
- positive.
- compar.
- miðstig (e. comparative)
- superl.
- efsta stig (e. superlative)
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)