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used as a subst. in the sense of all, everything; eigi er enn þeirra allt, they have not yet altogether won the game; þá var allt (all, everybody) við þá hraett; hér er skammætt allt, here everything is transient; with a compar. all the more (því öllu þungbærri); with gen., allt missera ( = öll misseri), all the year round; allt annars, all the rest; at öllu annars, in all other respects; alls fyrst, first of all; alls mest, most of all; in adverbial phrases: at öllu, in all respects, in every way; í öllu, in everything; með öllu, wholly, quite; neita með öllu, to refuse outright; (6) pl. allir (allar, öll), as adj. or substantively, all (þeir gengu út allir); ór öllum fjórðungum á landinu, from all the quarters of the land; allir aðrir, all others, every one else; flestir allir, nearly all, the greatest part of; gen. pl. (allra) as an intensive with superlatives, of all things, all the more; nú þykkir mér þat allra sýnst, er, all the more likely, as; allra helzt, er þeir heyra, particularly now when they hear; allra sízt, least of all.
allraheilagra-messa, f., -messudagr, in. Allhallow-mass, All Saints' day.
all-rammskipaðr, pp. very strongly manned;
-rauðr, a. very red;
-ráðligr, a. very advisable ;
-reiðiligr, a. looking very angry;
-reiðr, a. very angry;
-ríkmannligr, a. very grand, magnificent;
-rikr. a. very powerful;
-röskliga, adv. very briskly.
alls, gen. sing. of 'allr', used as an adv.; (1) a. ekki (eigi), not at all, by no means; þeir ugðu a. ekki at sér, they were not a bit afraid; a. engi, no one at all; sometimes without a negative following it, quite, altogether; ær a. geldar, ewes quite barren ; a. vesall, altogether wretched; hann var eigi a. tvítugr, not quite twenty years old; (2) in connection with numbers, in all; alls fórust níu menn, there perished nine in all; (3) far; alls of lengi, alls til lengi, far too long a time.
alls, conj. as, since (a. þú ert góðr drengr kallaðr) ; with addition of 'er' (a. er þú ert svá þráhaldr á þínu máli).
all-sannligr, a. very likely;
-sáttfúss, a. very placable;
-seinn, a. very slow;
-seint, adv. very slowly.
alls-endis, adv., esp. with a preceding negative, in every respect, quite, thoroughly; also, til -endis;
-háttar, adv. of every kind.
allsherjar-, general, public, common;
-búð, f. the booth of the -goði ;
-dómr, m. public judgement;
-fé, n. public property;
-goði, m. the supreme priest (who opened the alþingi every year);
-lið, n. public troops;
-lýðr. m. the people, commonalty;
-lög. n. pl. public law;
-þing, n. general assembly.
all-sigrasæll, a. very successful in war;
-skammr, a. very short; neut.,
-skammt, a very short way, short distance;
-skömmu, a very short time ago ;
-skapliga, adv. very fittingly ;
-skapværr, a. of a very gentle disposition;
-skapþungr, a. very depressed in spirit (e-m er -skapþungt) ;
-skemtiligr, a. vey amusing;
-skillítill, a. very-untrustworthy;
-skjallkœnliga, adv. in a vey coaxing way;
-skjótt, adv. very soon;
-skygn, a. very sharp-sighted;
-skyldr, a. (1) very obligatory, neut., -skylt, bounden duty; (2) very nearly related, near akin;
-skynsamliga, adv. very judiciously;
-sköruligr, a. very striking or magnificent (allskörulig veizla);
-slæliga, adv. very sluggishly;
-slœliga, adv. very cunninly;
-smár, a. very small;
-snarpliga, adv. very sharply or smartly;
-snarpr, a. very sharp;
-snemma, adv. very early;
-snjallr, a. vey shrewd or clever;
-spakr, a. very gentle, very wise;
-starsýnn, a. looking fixedly upon ;
-sterkligr, a. very strong looking;
-sterkr, a. very strong;
-stilliliga, adv. very calmly, very composedly;
-stirðr, a. very stiff;
-stórhoggr, a. dealing very hard blows;
-stórliga. adv. very haughtily;
-stórmannlíga adv. very munificently;
-stórorðr, a. using very big, words;
-stórr. a.

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