al
lýsingarorð al-máttigr
adj. [A. S. ealmeathig; Hel. ala-; Germ. allmächtig], almighty, seems to be a Christian (eccl.) 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, etc., and changes g into k; almáttkan, -kir, -kum (now almáttugan, -ugir, -ugum, through all cases), v. máttigr: used of God, Fms. i. 231, Eluc. 10, Sks. 305, etc.: heathen use, Landn. 258, cp. p. 335.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- adj.
- lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- Germ.
- German.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)