alr

See also: ALR

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Alutor or Russian алю́торский (aljútorskij).

Symbol

alr

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Alutor.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Alutor terms

English

Adverb

alr (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of already.

Interjection

alr

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of alright.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alaz, akin to Old English æl and Old High German ala. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.

Noun

alr m (genitive als, plural alir)

  1. awl

Declension

Declension of alr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alr alrinn alir alirnir
accusative al alinn ali alina
dative al alinum ǫlum ǫlunum
genitive als alsins ala alanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: alur
  • Norwegian: ale

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “alr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive