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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0017, entry 60
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ALTARI, n. and rarely altara, n. or altari, a, m.; mod. heteroclite altari, n. pl. öturu; the forms -eri, -era [altare] also appear :-- an altar, a Chris- tian word, the altar in heathen temples being called 'stallr,' Nj. 279, K. Á. 28, 208, Stj. freq.; altaris, 625. 84; altari þín, 655 xxiii. 2; altari (nom. pl.), xiv B. 2, Pm. 47: masc., altara (acc.) fim alna langan ..., but þat (neut.) skal með eiri búa, a little below, altarans (gen.), altarann (nom. sing.), altaris (gen. neut.), altarit (neut. nom.), Stj. 307, 308, indifferently neut. or masc., Symb. 24; alteri, 1812. 17; altera (dat. neut.), 655 iii. 2, 623. 54. COMPDS: altaris-blæja, u, f. an altar-cloth, Am. 33, Vm. 37, 15. K. 83; altara-blæa, D. I. i. 404. altaris-bók, f. an altar-book, Vm. 6, Dipl. v. 18. altaris-brík, f. an altar-piece, Vin. 12. altaris- búnaðr, in. altar-furniture, H. E. i. 489. altaris-dagr, m. anniver- sary of the foundation of an altar, H. E. i. 310. altaris-dúkr, m. an altar-cloth, Vm. i, D. I. i. 244. altaris-fórn, f. a victim offered on an altar, Mart. 122. altaris-gólf, n. the floor round an altar, N. G. L. i. 160. altaris-horn, n. the horn of an altar, Fms. xi. 444. altaris- hús, n. a chapel, Bs. ii. 80. altaris-klæði, n. an altar-cloth, Hkr. iii. 81, D. I. i. 266; altara-, Fms. iii. 28, Vm. 1. altaris-likneski, n. an image placed on an altar, Pm. 61. altaris-messa, u, f. mass at an altar, Bs. ii. 81. altaris-plata, u, f. a candlestick, Pm. 93. altaris-skrá, f. an altar-book, Pm. 109. altaris-staðr, m. the place where an altar stands, Eg. 768. altaris-steinn, in. an altar-slab, D. I. i. 266, 443, K. Á. 28. Vm. 31, Am. 55, Pm. 106. altaris-stika, u, f. a candlestick for an altar, Vm. 3. altaris-þjónusta, u, f. altar-service, 655 xxxii. I.



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