Um-boð

Old Norse Dictionary - um-boð

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-boð" in English.

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

um-boð Old Norse word can mean:

um-boð: n. a charge, commission, administration by a delegacy; hafa u. af eigandi, Grág. ii. 374; taka u. konungs, Fms. ix. 458; fá e-m u. sitt, Eg. 590, Ó. H. 105; göra e-t at umboði e-s, Ver. 31; stjórn ok u. af hans hendi, Eg. 18, Sd. 184 (of a minor’s property).

um-boð: 2. a stewardship; í Fljóta-umboði hundrað kúgilda, Dipl. iii. 4; esp. in mod. times, when a king’s domains were divided into such ‘umboð.’ umboðs-maðr, m. a trusty manager, K. Á. 206, Fms. ix. 243: a commissary, konungs u., vi. 33; biskups u., H. E. ii. 49; tvá umbodsmenn (stewards) munklífisins, Fms. iii. 61: in mod. usage a manager of the king’s domains.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

esp.: especially.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

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