Definitions
Definitions
1 ALR
s, m. pl. ir, awl, Edda 71.
2 ALR
β. in the phrase, ‘leika á als oddi,’ skjálfa þótti húsit, sem á als oddi léki (MS. allsolla), the house quivered, as if it were balanced on the point of an awl, Fas. i. 89; the Icel. now use the phrase, að leika á als oddi, of the excitement produced by joy, to be merry, in high spirits, full of life and vigour, (cp. the Engl. to be on pins and needles.)
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
ALR
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ALR" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).