Um

Viking Language Dictionary - um

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "um"

um
prep [w acc] about; around; across; for, because of; beyond; during, for, in, by (time); [w dat–in poetic and older texts] over; by, in (time); [w vb of motion] over, past, beyond, across; um alla hluti in every way; fram um or um fram [w vb of motion] on past, up beyond, out over; um dag one day; um nætr by night; um sumarit during the summer; um fram adv in addition; um sinnsakar for this once

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᚢᛘ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᚢᛘ

Abbreviations used:

acc
accusative
adv
adverb
dat
dative
ex
example
f
feminine
m
masculine
n
neuter
poet
poetical usage
prep
preposition
vb
verb
w
with
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