Alda-mót

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Alda-mót

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 alda-mót

n. pl. the meeting of two cycles; tveim vetrum síðar varð alda-mót, two years after (i. e. two years after A. D. 1118) there was a change of cycles, so that the year 1121 is the first in a new lunar cycle, see Rb. s.a.: mod. the meeting of two centuries, síðustu aldamót, the last aldamót (i. e. the time about A. D. 1800).

Runic Inscription

ᛅᛚᛏᛅ-ᛘᚢᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.
Anno Domini.
ch
chapter.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors

Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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