aldur

See also: Aldur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą, whence also Old English ealdor, Old High German altar, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaltʊɹ]

  Rhymes: -altʊɹ

Noun

aldur m (genitive singular aldurs, plural aldrar)

1. age
2. age, seniority
3. time, era

Declension

m19	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	aldur	aldurin	aldrar	aldrarnir
Accusative	aldur	aldurin	aldrar	aldrarnar
Dative	aldri	aldrinum	aldrum	aldrunum
Genitive	aldurs	aldursins	aldra	aldranna

Synonyms

• ævi, æviskeið, lívstíð
• elli, aldurdómur
• tíð, tíðarskeið

Anagrams

• dalur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, Proto-Germanic *aldrą, whence also Old English ealdor, Old High German altar, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaltʏr/

  Rhymes: -altʏr

Noun

aldur m (genitive singular aldurs, no plural)

1. age

Declension

declension of aldur

m-s1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	aldur	aldurinn
accusative	aldur	aldurinn
dative	aldri	aldrinum
genitive	aldurs	aldursins

Derived terms

• aldurlaus
• aldursforseti

Anagrams

• dalur

Middle English

Noun

aldur

1. Alternative form of aldre