Um-búð

Old Norse Dictionary - um-búð

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-búð"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word um-búð can mean:um-búð

um-búð: f. [búa um], an apparatus, equipment, furniture, Fms. x. 373, Fas. iii. 30; þá verðr ú-heilög sú umbúð, Grág. ii. 350: a preparation, arrangement, þeir tóku strengina ok veittu þessa umbúð alla, Nj. 115; taka þeir þessa u. sem Pálnatóki gaf ráð til, Fms. xi. 66; konungr lét þá veita u. nökkura, v. 167.

um-búð: 2. mod., esp. in plur., wrapper, bandage, cover, Lat. involucrum.

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:

f.: feminine.

v.: vide.

esp.: especially.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

plur.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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