Um-skygning

Old Norse Dictionary - um-skygning

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

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

um-skygning
f. an overlooking, inspection, D. N.; umskygningar-maðr, a scout, Stj. 522, v. l.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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