Um-göng

Old Norse Dictionary - um-göng

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-göng" (or um-gǫng)

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

um-göng (um-gǫng)
n. pl. a circuit, Lex. Poët.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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