ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

ᚨᛚᛃᚨ- (alja-, “foreign”) +‎ *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku, “forest, woodland; borderland, marches”) +‎ -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ, “-ed”, forms adjectives from nouns).

Adjective

ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ)

1. of a foreign (border)land (possibly nominalised as a proper noun)

Usage notes

• This word may also be read as the genitive singular of *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku), for which compare Old Norse mǫrk with attested genitive singular merkr. The reading as a (possibly nominalised) adjective is based on typology and comparison with ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”) and ᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ (ungandiʀ, “un-enchanted, not afflicted by sorcery”) where -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ) is clearly a suffix, not a case ending.