Ömbuna
Old Norse Dictionary - ömbuna
Meaning of Old Norse word "ömbuna" (or ǫmbuna)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ömbuna (ǫmbuna)
- and ambana, mod. umbuna, að, to reward (e-m e-t); alla daga er ek lifi, á ek þér at ambana (ömbuna, v. l.), Fms. vi. 327; þú hefir ömbunat mér íllu gott, thou hast repaid me good by evil, i. 264; láti Guð oss fá þeim umbunat svá at þeir kenni, ix. 499 (ambanat, Fb. iii. 144, l. c.); þá skal Guð ambuna honum, en komi eigi fé fyrir, N. G. l. ii. 91; síðan skal erfingi umbuna honum fyrir starf sitt, Jb. 154; ömbunaði hann þar í móti þrjátigi pakka vaðmáls (paid in turn), Bs. i. 872; þeim skal ek kunna þökk ok ömbuna góðu, er …, Fms. i. 296.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ömbuna may be more accurately written as ǫmbuna.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘᛒᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)