Alls-endis

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Alls-endis

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 alls-endis

or alls-hendis, adv.—scarcely to be derived from ‘hönd’—in every respect, quite, thoroughly, used almost exclusively in connection with a preceding negative, eigi, eingi, or the like, and giving additional force to the negation; er þat hugboð mitt, at vér berim eigi agæfu til um vár skipti, it is my foreboding, that we shall not carry luck with us to the very end of our dealings, Ld. 160; eigi til allsendis, id., Eg. 75; þat er reynt at eingi maðr heldr sínum þrifnaði til allsendis, it is proved that no man holds his thriving thoroughly, Fms. i. 295.

Runic Inscription

ᛅᛚᛚᛋ-ᛁᚾᛏᛁᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adv
adverb.
adv.
adverb.
esp
especially.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
neg
negative, negatively.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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