"aldr" meaning in Old Norse

See aldr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *aldrą (whence also Old English ealdor, Old High German altar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*aldrą}} Proto-Germanic *aldrą, {{cog|ang|ealdor}} Old English ealdor, {{cog|goh|altar}} Old High German altar, {{der|non|ine-pro|*h₂el-||to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} aldr m, {{non-noun|m|aldrs|aldrar}} aldr m (genitive aldrs, plural aldrar) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-a|aldr|ǫldr|ns=aldr}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=aldrana|api=aldra|asd=aldrinn|asi=aldr|dpd=ǫldrunum|dpi=ǫldrum|dsd=aldrinum|dsi=aldri|g=masculine|gpd=aldranna|gpi=aldra|gsd=aldrsins|gsi=aldrs|notes=|npd=aldrarnir|npi=aldrar|nsd=aldrinn|nsi=aldr|stem=strong a-stem|title=aldr}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrar|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrarnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldr|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrinn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldra|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrana|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldri|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrinum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|ǫldrum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|ǫldrunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrs|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldrsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldra|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|aldranna|gpd}} Forms: aldrs [genitive], aldrar [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], aldr [indefinite, nominative, singular], aldrinn [definite, nominative, singular], aldrar [indefinite, nominative, plural], aldrarnir [definite, nominative, plural], aldr [accusative, indefinite, singular], aldrinn [accusative, definite, singular], aldra [accusative, indefinite, plural], aldrana [accusative, definite, plural], aldri [dative, indefinite, singular], aldrinum [dative, definite, singular], ǫldrum [dative, indefinite, plural], ǫldrunum [dative, definite, plural], aldrs [genitive, indefinite, singular], aldrsins [definite, genitive, singular], aldra [genitive, indefinite, plural], aldranna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. age, lifetime Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-aldr-non-noun-Wwa4snhh Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "aldur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: aldur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: aldur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "aldur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: aldur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: aldur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "ålder"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: ålder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: ålder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: alder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aldrą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aldrą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ealdor"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ealdor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "altar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German altar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂el-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to grow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *aldrą (whence also Old English ealdor, Old High German altar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aldrs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ǫldrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ǫldrunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldranna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aldr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "aldrs",
        "3": "aldrar"
      },
      "expansion": "aldr m (genitive aldrs, plural aldrar)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldr",
        "2": "ǫldr",
        "ns": "aldr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "aldrana",
        "api": "aldra",
        "asd": "aldrinn",
        "asi": "aldr",
        "dpd": "ǫldrunum",
        "dpi": "ǫldrum",
        "dsd": "aldrinum",
        "dsi": "aldri",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "aldranna",
        "gpi": "aldra",
        "gsd": "aldrsins",
        "gsi": "aldrs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "aldrarnir",
        "npi": "aldrar",
        "nsd": "aldrinn",
        "nsi": "aldr",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "aldr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrarnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldr",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldra",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldri",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ǫldrum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ǫldrunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldra",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldranna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "non:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "age, lifetime"
      ],
      "id": "en-aldr-non-noun-Wwa4snhh",
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aldr"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "aldur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: aldur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: aldur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "aldur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: aldur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: aldur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: alder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "ålder"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: ålder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: ålder"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "alder"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: alder",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: alder"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aldrą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aldrą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "goh",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to grow"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *aldrą (whence also Old English ealdor, Old High German altar), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aldrs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ǫldrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ǫldrunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldrsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aldranna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aldr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "aldrs",
        "3": "aldrar"
      },
      "expansion": "aldr m (genitive aldrs, plural aldrar)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "ǫldr",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "aldrana",
        "api": "aldra",
        "asd": "aldrinn",
        "asi": "aldr",
        "dpd": "ǫldrunum",
        "dpi": "ǫldrum",
        "dsd": "aldrinum",
        "dsi": "aldri",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "aldranna",
        "gpi": "aldra",
        "gsd": "aldrsins",
        "gsi": "aldrs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "aldrarnir",
        "npi": "aldrar",
        "nsd": "aldrinn",
        "nsi": "aldr",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "aldr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrar",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrarnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldr",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrinn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldra",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrana",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldri",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrinum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ǫldrum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ǫldrunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldrsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldra",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aldranna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "non:Time"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "age, lifetime"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aldr"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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