Um-bót
Old Norse Dictionary - um-bót
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-bót"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- um-bót
- f., esp. in plur. repairs, Gþl. 416; þurfa umbóta, Bs. i. 693: a mending, bettering, Fms. iv. 262, vi. 208, Sturl. iii. 3 C, Gþl. iv. (pref., where it means an emendation), umbótar-maðr, m. one who mends matters, Sturl. iii. 3, Fms. x. 110, Bs. i. 651.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛒᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- plur.
- plural.
- pref.
- preface.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)