Alls

Old Norse Dictionary - alls

Meaning of Old Norse word "alls"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

alls
and als, conj. [Ulf. allis = γάρ; Engl. as, contr. = als; cp. the consecutive als in Grimm D. W. sub voce, col. 257 sqq.], as, while, since; freq. in Lex. Poët. in old poets, less freq. in old prose writers, rare in the classics of the 13th century: used four times in the treatise of Thorodd,—alls hann sjálfr er hebreskr stafr, Skálda 167; alls vér erum einnar tungu, 161; alls engi grein er enn á gör, 162; alls þeir höfðu áðr allir eitt hljóð, 166,—and as often in the old Heiðarv. S.—alls þú ert góðr drengr kallaðr, Ísl. ii. 366; alls Barði var eigi bítr á fébætr, 386; alls þú rekr þitt erendi, 483; alls þú hefir þó hér til nokkorar ásjá ætlað, Ld. 42; alls þeir máttu ekki sínum vilja fram koma, Boll. 348; alls hann trúir mér til, FS. (Hallfr. S.) 90: alls þú hefir þó áðr giptu til mín sótt, FmS. v. 254; alls þeir höfðu frítt lið, viii. 362 . With the addition of ‘er’ (at); en þó, alls er þú ert svá þráhaldr á þínu máli, FmS. i. 305; alls er ek reyni, at…, as I …, ii. 262, (Grág. i. 142 is a false reading = allt), FaS. ii. 283: with addition of ‘þó,’ alls þó hefir þetta með meirum fádæmum gengið, heldr en hvert annara, þá vil ek …, but considering that…, Band. 32 new Ed.; cp. Lex. Poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛚᛚᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

conj.
conjunction.
contr.
contracted.
cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Boll.
Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hallfr. S.
Hallfreðar Saga. (D. II.)
Heiðarv. S.
Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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