Um-merki
Old Norse Dictionary - um-merki
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-merki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- um-merki
- n. a marking out; settar stengr til ummerkja, Eg. 275: a boundary, landmark, til þeirra ummerkja, Jb. 229; Hóla, með þessum rekum ok ummerkjum, Dipl. ii. 1, Stj. 405, 440: the phrase, sjá vegs ummerki (verks of merki), Orkn. 220; vegs ummerki (verks of merki, v. l.), Nj. 28, Fb. i. 209, 260.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛘᛁᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)