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allr oll, allt a

1. all, entire, whole; hón á allan arf eptir mik, she has all the heritage after me ; af öllum hug, with all (one's) heart; hvitr a, white all over; bú allt, the whole estate; allan daginn, the whole day; í allri veröld, in the whole world; allan hálfan mánuð, ' for the entire fortnight; with addition of 'saman'; lit saman féit, the whole amount; um þenna hernað allan saman, all together;
2. used almost adverbially, all, quite, entirely; klofnaði hann a í sundr, he was all cloven asunder, kváðu �rn allan villast, that he was altogether bewildered; var Hrappr a brottu, quite gone; a annarr maðr, quite another man;
3. gone, past; áðr þessi dagr er a, before this day is past; var þá óll þeirra vinátta, their friendship was all over; allt er nú mitt megin, my strength is exhausted, gone;
4. departed, dead (þá er Geirmundr var a) ;
5. neut sing (allt) used as a subst in the sense of all, everything; eigi er enn þeirra allt, they have not

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