Um-vöxtr
Old Norse Dictionary - um-vöxtr
Meaning of Old Norse word "um-vöxtr" (or um-vǫxtr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- um-vöxtr (um-vǫxtr)
- m. growth, circumference, Landn. 275, v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, um-vöxtr may be more accurately written as um-vǫxtr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛘ-ᚢᚢᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)