alr

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English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

alr (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of already.

Interjection[edit]

alr

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of alright.

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *alaz, akin to Old English æl and Old High German ala. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.

Noun[edit]

alr m (genitive als, plural alir)

  1. awl

Declension[edit]

  Declension of alr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alr alrinn alir alirnir
accusative al alinn ali alina
dative al alinum ǫlum ǫlunum
genitive als alsins ala alanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: alur
  • Norwegian: ale

References[edit]

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