Upp-nám
Old Norse Dictionary - upp-nám
Meaning of Old Norse word "upp-nám"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word upp-nám can mean:upp-nám
- upp-nám
- n. = Dan. oppe-börsel, a receipt of a fee or the like; vera í uppnámi, to be in receipt of a thing, n. G. L. i. 76, 77; uppnáma-maðr, a receiver of a fee, id.
- upp-nám
- 2. a chess term; tefla í uppnám, to expose a piece so that it can be taken, SturL. iii. 123; hence the phrase, vera í uppnámi, to be in imminent danger.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛒᛒ-ᚾᛅᛘ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)