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aldri

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Faroese

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Adverb

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aldri

  1. never

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɑldrɪ/, [²ɑɫ̪dɾɪ]

Adverb

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aldri

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse aldri, aldrigi.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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aldri

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

Descendants

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

Noun

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aldri

  1. dative singular of aldr

References

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