Um-boð
Old Norse Dictionary - um-boð
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-boð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word um-boð can mean:um-boð
- um-boð
- n. a charge, commission, administration by a delegacy; hafa u. af eigandi, Grág. ii. 374; taka u. konungs, Fms. ix. 458; fá e-m u. sitt, Eg. 590, Ó. H. 105; göra e-t at umboði e-s, Ver. 31; stjórn ok u. af hans hendi, Eg. 18, Sd. 184 (of a minor’s property).
- um-boð
- 2. a stewardship; í Fljóta-umboði hundrað kúgilda, Dipl. iii. 4; esp. in mod. times, when a king’s domains were divided into such ‘umboð.’ umboðs-maðr, m. a trusty manager, K. Á. 206, Fms. ix. 243: a commissary, konungs u., vi. 33; biskups u., H. E. ii. 49; tvá umbodsmenn (stewards) munklífisins, Fms. iii. 61: in mod. usage a manager of the king’s domains.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛒᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)