Um-sjá
Old Norse Dictionary - um-sjá
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-sjá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word um-sjá can mean:um-sjá
- um-sjá
- f. (um-sjó, Grett. 103 A), gen. umsjá, Bs. i. 131; later umsjár, Fb. ii. 200, l. 7:—oversight, care, provision, supervision, Þórð. 13 new Ed., Fms. vi. 104; veita e-m u., Eg. 321; heita trausti ok u., Nj. 260, Bs. i. 131; með ráðum ok umsjá e-s, Fb. ii. 123.
- um-sjá
- COMPDS: umsjálauss, umsjásveinn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛋᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)