Um-hverfis

Old Norse Dictionary - um-hverfis

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-hverfis"

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

Old Norse word um-hverfis can mean:um-hverfis

um-hverfis
conj. and adv. (umb-verfis, Plac. 49, MS. 623. 39; umb-hverfis, Rb. 1812. 66, Grág. (Kb.) i. 211; um-vergis, Stj. 177, 192, 206; um-verbis, BlaS. 39; um-bergis, a form prevalent in the 14th century, BS. ii. passim, Mar., Karl. 189, Fb. ii. 309, Nj. 88, 198, v. l.):—all around, with acc.; u. hann, FmS. vii. 191; u. húsin, Nj. 198; u. landit, FmS. xi. 411, Nj. 88; kirkja á tjöld u. sik, Vm. 69; u. himininn, Rb. 132.
um-hverfis
2. as adverb.; gékk mikill mann-fjölði þar u., FmS. viii. 377; þar er djúpt vatn u., Grág. ii. 131; festir skildir u., Eg. 43; þar er hraun allt u., Nj. 264; stutt hár u., FmS. viii. 29; allt u. í hring, all around, iv. 160.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
adv.
adverb.
conj.
conjunction.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
adverb.
adverbially.

Works & Authors cited:

Blas.
Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
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