ǫlr

See also: alr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Adjective

ǫlr

1. drunk
   • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 25:

     […] Ok umráð / at ǫlum stilli
     hǫfuð heiptrœkt / at hilmi dró. […]

     […] And a hate-filled head / brought a plot
     against the drunk ruler, / against the prince. […]

Declension

Strong declension of ǫlr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫlr	ǫl	ǫlt
accusative	ǫlvan	ǫlva	ǫlt
dative	ǫlum	ǫlri	ǫlu
genitive	ǫls	ǫlrar	ǫls
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫlvir	ǫlvar	ǫl
accusative	ǫlva	ǫlvar	ǫl
dative	ǫlum	ǫlum	ǫlum
genitive	ǫlra	ǫlra	ǫlra

Weak declension of ǫlr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫlvi	ǫlva	ǫlva
accusative	ǫlva	ǫlu	ǫlva
dative	ǫlva	ǫlu	ǫlva
genitive	ǫlva	ǫlu	ǫlva
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫlu	ǫlu	ǫlu
accusative	ǫlu	ǫlu	ǫlu
dative	ǫlum	ǫlum	ǫlum
genitive	ǫlu	ǫlu	ǫlu

Related terms

• ǫl n (“ale”)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ölr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 528; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, a variant of *alizō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).

Noun

ǫlr m

1. alder (tree)

Alternative forms

• elri, elrir, órir

Descendants

• Icelandic: ölur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: older m or f, or m or f
• Norwegian Bokmål: older m or f, or m or f
• Old Swedish: al
  • Swedish: al

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ölr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 528; also available at the Internet Archive