ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

ᚨᛚᛃᚨ- (alja-, foreign) + *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku, forest, woodland; borderland, marches) + -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ, -ed, forms adjectives from nouns).

Adjective

ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ)

  1. of a foreign (border)land (possibly nominalised as a proper noun)

Usage notes

  • 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.
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