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.)