aldri

aldri

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaldrɪ]

Adverb

aldri

1. never

Synonyms

• ongantíð

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

aldri

1. never (at no time)

   Jeg har aldri løyet!

   I have never told a lie!

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑldrɪ/

Adverb

aldri

1. never
   • 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

References

• “aldri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• aldrigi (adverb)

Etymology

Dative singular of aldr.

Adverb

aldri

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

Descendants

• Faroese: aldri
• Icelandic: aldrei
• Norwegian Bokmål: aldri
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aldri
• Old Danish: aldrigh
  • Danish: aldrig
• Swedish: aldrig

Noun

aldri

1. dative singular of aldr

References

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