Um-brot
Old Norse Dictionary - um-brot
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-brot"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- um-brot
- n. pl. a violent struggle, convulsion (brjótask um), Finnb. 342, Fbr. 173: of physical changes, Sks. 148; sá ek þar búðar-toptir margar ok umbrot mikil, I saw a great levelling, i. e. all turned upside down, Nj. 162.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛒᚱᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)