Um-gjöf

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-gjöf" (or um-gjǫf)

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

um-gjöf (um-gjǫf)

spelt umb-gjöf, f. a gift, Clem. 45.

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

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