Um-hyggja
Old Norse Dictionary - um-hyggja
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-hyggja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word um-hyggja can mean:um-hyggja
- um-hyggja
- u, f. [Dan. omhu], thoughtfulness, care; svipta þik várri umhyggju ok forsjá, Bs. i. 40; með ástsemd ok föðurligri umhyggju, Dipl. i. 2.
- um-hyggja
- COMPDS: umhyggjulauss, umhyggjulítill, umhyggjumaðr, umhyggjusamr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᚼᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)