ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

*ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛉ (*aljaʀ, “foreign”) +‎ *ᛗᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*marku, “forest, woodland; borderland, marches”).

Noun

ᚨᛚᛃᚨᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (aljamarkiʀ) (genitive singular)

  1. of a foreign (border)land

Usage notes
  • The descendant of the genitive -ᛗᚨᚱᚲᛁᛉ (-markiʀ) is seen in Old Norse merkr, genitive singular of mǫrk (“borderland”).
  • In the context, this word serves as a descriptive adjective, yet it is morphologically the genitive singular of a noun.
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