Um-sýsla
Old Norse Dictionary - um-sýsla
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-sýsla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word um-sýsla can mean:um-sýsla
- um-sýsla
- and umb-sýsla, u, f. occupation, management, Ld. 26; hann hét umsýslu sinni við föður sinn, Eg. 174, Fær. 67; þeir hétu honum umbsýslo sinni, Íb. 10.
- um-sýsla
- COMPDS: umsýslumaðr, umsýslumikill.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᛋᚢᛋᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)