Definitions
Definitions
1 al-mæltr
adj. part. spoken by all, what all say; esp. in the phrase, almælt tíðindi, news; spyrjast almæltra tíðinda, what news? Nj. 227, Ld. 80, Fms. xi. 118 (a standing phrase).
2 al-mæltr
β. of a child that has learnt to talk; en þá er sveinninn var tvævetr, þá rann hann einn saman ok var a. sem fjögra vetra gömul börn, but when the boy was two years old, then he ran alone and could say everything as well as bairns of four years, Ld. 34, (altalandi is the word now used.)
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
al-mæltr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "al-mæltr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).