gamall

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaːmatl/ Rhymes: -aːmatl === Adjective === gamall (comparative eldri, superlative elstur) old Colossians 3:9 old, ancient ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== forn aldraður == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === gamall (masculine and feminine gamall, neuter gamalt, definite singular and plural gamle) (pre-1917) alternative form of gamal == Old Norse == === Etymology === The positive form is from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz. The comparative and superlative forms are from Proto-Germanic *alþizô and *alþistaz respectively, comparison forms of the positive *aldaz (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, ultimately from the root *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Compare with English old – elder – eldest. === Adjective === gamall (comparative ellri, superlative ellztr) old Hávamál, verse 135 old, aged; of a certain age hve gamall maðr ertu ― how old art thou? ==== Inflection ==== This word has a suppletive inflection, using another root in the comparative and superlative forms, than in the positive form. ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gamall”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ellri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ellztr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive