Ör-kumla
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-kumla
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-kumla" (or ǫr-kumla)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ör-kumla can mean:ör-kumla
- ör-kumla (ǫr-kumla)
- að, to maim; hann barði á tvær hendr ok örkumlaði menn, Lv. 103.
- ör-kumla (ǫr-kumla)
- 2. part. maimed, disfigured, disabled; hón kvaðsk eigi vilja eiga Bersa örkumlaðan, Korm. 134; ö. var aulinn stór, Skíða R.; vil ek eigi lengr berjask við þik örkumlaðan mann, Ísl. ii. 269.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-kumla may be more accurately written as ǫr-kumla.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᚴᚢᛘᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- v.
- vide.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- R.
- Rimur.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)