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.)