ellztr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alþistaz, superlative degree of *aldaz. See also ellri.

Adjective

ellztr

superlative degree of gamall

Descendants

Icelandic: elstur
Faroese: elstur
Norwegian: eldst
Old Swedish: ælzter
- Swedish: äldst
Danish: ældst

References

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

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