ǫln

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• alin

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  Declension of ǫln (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫln	ǫlnin	alnar, alnir	alnarnar, alnirnar
accusative	ǫln	ǫlnina	alnar, alnir	alnarnar, alnirnar
dative	ǫln	ǫlninni	ǫlnum	ǫlnunum
genitive	alnar	alnarinnar	alna	alnanna

Derived terms

• ulfliðr
• ǫlnbogi

References

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