Um-dæmi
Old Norse Dictionary - um-dæmi
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-dæmi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word um-dæmi can mean:um-dæmi
- um-dæmi
- n. (umb-dæmi, Fms. xi. 83, 84), an adjustment; unna e-m sæmda ok umdæmis, Fb. iii. 450.
- um-dæmi
- 2. a charge, business; sem nefndir eru með. svörnum eiði til þessa umdæmis (viz. to elect a king), Gþl. 75.
- um-dæmi
- 3. a jurisdiction, mod., cp. Landn. 334 (App.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛏᛅᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- viz.
- namely.
- cp.
- compare.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)