Um-tal

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Um-tal

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 um-tal

n. talk, conversation; er hann heyrði u. manna, Fms. ii. 283; með umtali (gossip) vándra manna, Orkn. 162. umtals-mál, n. a thing proper for discussion, to be talked of, Grett. 133 A, 155.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛘ-ᛏᛅᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

n.
neuter.
prop
properly.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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