Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-. Compare Latin ulna, Welsh elin.

Noun

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ǫln f (genitive alnar, plural alnar or alnir)

  1. the length from the elbow to the fingertips
  2. the Old Icelandic ell (about half a yard)
  3. a unit of value

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • öln”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “alen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.