ellri

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

ellri

comparative degree of gamall

Descendants

Icelandic: eldri
Faroese: eldri
Norwegian: eldre
Old Swedish: ældre
- Swedish: äldre
Danish: ældre

References

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

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