VÖMB

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

VÖMB

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 VÖMB

f., gen. vambar; [Ulf. wamba = κοιλία; A. S. wamb; Engl. womb; Scot. wame; Germ. wamme, wanst; Lat. venter; Gr. ὀμφαλός]:—a womb, belly, but mostly in a low sense, especially of beasts (the Engl. womb is in Icel. kviðr); þenja vömbina, to fill the belly. Fms. viii. 436: kýla vómb sína á miði ok mungáti, Fs. 4, Fas. i. 493; ok aum í vömb, Bjarn. (in a verse); sauðar-vömb, kýr-vömb, gor-vömb, Vambar-ljóð, the name of a lay, Maurer’s Volksagen 317.

2 VÖMB

COMPDS: Vambardalr, Vambarhólmr.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚢᛘᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
esp: especially.
f.: feminine.
gen.: genitive.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Gr.: Greek.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
S.: South, Southern.
Scot.: Scottish.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.

Works & Authors

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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