Um-dögg

Old Norse Dictionary - um-dögg

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-dögg" (or um-dǫgg)

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

um-dögg (um-dǫgg)
f., poët., u. arins, ‘hearth-dew,’ i. e. smoke, Gkv. 2. 23.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, um-dögg may be more accurately written as um-dǫgg.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛏᚢᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
i. e.
id est.
poët.
poetically.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
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