Um-vöxtr

Old Norse Dictionary - um-vöxtr

Meaning of Old Norse word "um-vöxtr" (or um-vǫxtr) in English.

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

um-vöxtr (um-vǫxtr): m. growth, circumference, Landn. 275, v. l.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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