aldri

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Adverb

aldri

  1. never

Synonyms

Antonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

aldri

  1. never (at no time)
    Jeg har aldri løyet!
    I have never told a lie!

Antonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

aldri

  1. never (at no time)
    • 2003, Kaizers Orchestra, Evig pint:
      Sett deg inn i mine kår
      så kanskje du forstår
      at de aldri vil sleppa meg inn
      inn i himmelen din
      Put yourself in my position
      so maybe you'll understand
      that they'll never let me in
      into your heaven

Antonyms

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of aldrigi (“not in a lifetime”), from the dative singular of aldr (“age, lifetime”). Literally 'in a lifetime'.

Adverb

aldri

  1. never
  2. ever (after a preceding negative or comparative)

Descendants

Noun

aldri

  1. dative singular of aldr

References

  • “aldri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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