Ú-magi
Old Norse Dictionary - ú-magi
Meaning of Old Norse word "ú-magi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ú-magi can mean:ú-magi
- ú-magi
- a, m. [mega], a helpless one, who cannot maintain himself, a law term, relating to the duty of maintenance; it included children, aged people, men disabled by sickness, paupers, etc.; maðr hverr til þess hann er fimtán vetra, þá er hann ómagi, N. G. l. i. 168; sinn ómaga á hverr fram at færa, Grág. i. 232; óðr maðr er ú. arfa síns, Js. 26; ef þræll verðr ú. af bardögum, Grág. ii. 155: the saying, úmæt eru ómaga orð. Gísl. 5; sveitar-ómagi, a pauper, a charity-boy or girl; úmaga aldr, meðan (the children) þau eru á ómaga aldri, Grág. i. 240; vera af ómaga aldri, to be grown up, Dipl. v. 3; ómaga bálkr, a section in the law, Grág. i. 230 sqq.; ómaga eyrir, the money of a minor, 176; ómaga bú, ómaga lýsing, Grág. (Kb.); ómaga skipti, ómaga sök, Grág. i. 264; ómaga tíund, K. Þ. K. 156; ómaga verk, Jb. 255; ómaga vist, Dipl. v. 5.
- ú-magi
- COMPDS: ómagalauss, ómagamaðr, ómagamót.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢ-ᛘᛅᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)