Um-sát
Old Norse Dictionary - um-sát
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-sát"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- um-sát
- f. (pl. umsetr, Str. 29), [sitja], an ambush, waylaying, Fær. 134, Fms. i. 181, vi. 152, viii. 427, x. 293, 348, Valla l. 226 (Cod. umsátur for umsátir, wrongly): metaph., þeir veittu opt umsátir at eyða sínum fjánd-mönnum, Fms. viii. 436.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛋᛅᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Valla L.
- Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)