alr

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See also: ALR

English

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Adverb

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alr (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of already.

Interjection

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alr

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of alright.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *alaz, akin to Old English æl and Old High German ala. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.

Noun

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alr m (genitive als, plural alir)

  1. awl

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: alur
  • Norwegian: ale

References

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