Æligr
Old Norse Dictionary - æligr
Meaning of Old Norse word "æligr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- æligr
- adj. [Swed. elak] vile, wretched; sama ælig mér klæði, vile clothes befit me, Fas. i. (in a verse); ælig er sú fórn, Hom. 191 (Ed.); þeir drápn allt þat sem var afleitt eða ælikt (ellkt, v. l.), hrumt eða herfiligt, Stj. 456; mér þinni æligri ambátt. 484.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)