Um-fram

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Um-fram

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 um-fram

umb-fram, Íb. 7, D. I. i. 476: prep. and adv., with acc. beyond, above, Fms. vi. 321; u. aðra menn, Bs. i. 36; u. alla menn, Fms. i. 81, vii. 228, Eg. 146, Band. 39 new Ed., Sks. 455. K. Á. 58.

2 um-fram

2. besides, over and above; þat sem u. gengr, the surplus, Hb. 415. 9, Eg. 59; tólf menn ok lögsögu-maðr u., Grág. i. 4, Landn. 161, Nj. 250, Jb. 7.

3 um-fram

3. umfram um; u. um klæðnað sinn, Grág. i. 250; vera u. of aðra menn, to excel others, Fms. x. 381; u. of eljun annarra manna, Hkr. iii. 349, v. l.; umfram of þat es áðr es sagt, D. I. l. c.

4 um-fram

4. adverb., ríða umfram, to pass by, Nj. 261; fara u., Gþl. 262; at hvárigir gangi þar umfram, trespass beyond that, O. H. 53.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛘ-ᚠᚱᛅᛘ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.: accusative.
adv: adverb.
adv.: adverb.
adverb.: adverbially.
esp: especially.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
l. c.: loco citato.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
D. I.: Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Hb.: Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Íb.: Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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