Al-máttigr
Old Norse Dictionary - al-máttigr
Meaning of Old Norse word "al-máttigr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- al-máttigr
- adj. [A. S. ealmeathig; Hel. ala-; Germ. allmächtig], almighty, seems to be a Christian (eccl.) word, translated from the Latin omnipotens; but the phrase ‘hinn almáttki áss’ in the heathen oath (used of Thor) implies its use in very early timeS. The old form is contracted before -ir, -ar, -an, -um, etc., and changes g into k; almáttkan, -kir, -kum (now almáttugan, -ugir, -ugum, through all cases), v. máttigr: used of God, FmS. i. 231, Eluc. 10, SkS. 305, etc.: heathen use, Landn. 258, cp. p. 335.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚ-ᛘᛅᛏᛏᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- Germ.
- German.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)