ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ

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Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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ᚨᛚᛃᚨ- (alja-, foreign) +‎ *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku, forest, woodland; borderland, marches) +‎ -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ, -ed, forms adjectives from nouns). Compare Old Saxon elilendi (foreign), equivalent to *ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛚᚨᛞᛁᛉ (*aljaladiʀ /⁠aljalandiʀ⁠/).

Adjective

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ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ)

  1. foreign, alien (possibly nominalised as a proper noun)

Usage notes

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  • 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.