Um-spillendr

Old Norse Dictionary - um-spillendr

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-spillendr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

um-spillendr
part. pl. used as subst. slanderers, disparagers, Fms. ix. 282, 449, 454 (umspilla-menn, v. l.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛚᛁᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
part.
participle.
pl.
plural.
subst.
substantive.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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