ellri

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alþizô, comparative of *aldaz. See also ellztr.

Adjective

ellri

1. comparative degree of gamall

Declension

    Comparative declension of ellri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ellri	ellri	ellra
accusative	ellra	ellri	ellra
dative	ellra	ellri	ellra
genitive	ellra	ellri	ellra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ellri	ellri	ellri
accusative	ellri	ellri	ellri
dative	ellrum	ellrum	ellrum
genitive	ellri	ellri	ellri

Descendants

• Icelandic: eldri
• Faroese: eldri
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldre
• Norwegian Bokmål: eldre
• Old Swedish: ældre
  • Swedish: äldre
• Danish: ældre

References

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