All-valdr
Old Norse Dictionary - all-valdr
Meaning of Old Norse word "all-valdr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- all-valdr
- pl. ar, m. = alvaldr (poët. word), sovereign king, Lex. poët., Hkr. i. 432; heilir allvaldar báðir, a poetical salute, Fms. vi. 195; mikil er allvalds raun (a proverb), ‘tis hard to strive against the powerful, Lv. 111.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚ-ᚢᛅᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)