alder (OSw) noun

Appears in several expressions for age of maturity, such as kome til alders ‘come of age’ (ODan ESjL 2, 3; JyL 1), kome til alders oc witz ‘come of age and to wits’ (ODan ESjL 1), lagha alder ‘legal age’ (OSw DL Tjdb). The expressions for this varied, as did the age.



Expressions:

um aldr ok ævi (ON)

forever and ever OIce Jó Mah 4

Citation
  • ‘alder’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/200
    (08/09/2026)