Um-mæli
Old Norse Dictionary - um-mæli
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-mæli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- um-mæli
- n. pl. utterances, a declaration, Nj. 56, Bs. i. 141, Fms, vi. 7, 199, vii. 95; sakir ummæla konungs, id.; þér skulut ráða yðrum ummælum, en ek mun því ráða hvat ek tala, Ísl. ii. 167; kunnu vér þökk þinna ummaela, 392, Finnb. 358. ummsela-laust, n. adj. blameless; varð þat aldrei u., it was talked of, got an evil report, Sturl. i. 63.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛘᛅᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)