Ör-kuml

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-kuml

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-kuml" (or ǫr-kuml) in English.

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

ör-kuml (ǫr-kuml)
(mod. örkumsl), n. [from kuml, q. v., and ör-, = Germ. ur]:—a lasting scar, a blemish or wound that disfigures or maims one for ever; særðir til ölífis, sumir til örkumbla, 655 xi. 1; högg þú hestinn, ekki skal hann við örkuml lifa, Nj. 92; ef ekki er örkumbl gört at þeim, Grág. i. 261; þótt þeir fái örkumbl af eðr bana, 301; barn hvert skal ala er borit verðr, nema þat sé með þeim örkymlum (deformity) borit at þennog horfi andlit sem hnakki skyldi, n. G. l. i. 12; stóð höfuðit gneipt af bolnum, segir Þóroddr at Snorri vildi græða hann at örkumla-manni, make a maimed invalid of him, Eb. 244; Klæingr lifði við örkyml, Sturl. ii. 109 C; liggja úti iðrin, hann hirðir nú eigi um líf með örkumlum þessum, Ísl. ii. 365; fékk annarr bana af en annarr örkuml, Fms. viii. 38; hafa týnt sumir limunum, sumir bera annars-kyns örkuml allan aldr sinn, 251; ok fótrinn af berserknum, hann leysti sik af hólmi ok lifði við örkuml, Glúm. 333. örkumla-lauss, adj. unmaimed, unblemished, Fb. ii. 371, Nj. 246, Sturl. i. 86.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-kuml may be more accurately written as ǫr-kuml.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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