aldrigi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aldri +‎ -gi (“negative suffix”), the first part being the dative singular of aldr (“age, lifetime”), thus literally 'not in a lifetime'.

Adverb

aldrigi

  1. never
    Synonym: æva

References
  • “aldrigi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.