Vömb

Old Norse Dictionary - vömb

Meaning of Old Norse word "vömb" (or vǫmb) in English.

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

vömb Old Norse word can mean:

vömb (vǫmb): f., gen. vambar; [Ulf. wamba = κοιλία; A. S. wamb; Engl. womb; Scot. wame; Germ. wamme, wanst; Lat. venter; Gr. ὀμφαλός]:—a womb, belly, but mostly in a low sense, especially of beasts (the Engl. womb is in Icel. kviðr); þenja vömbina, to fill the belly. FmS. viii. 436: kýla vómb sína á miði ok mungáti, FS. 4, FaS. i. 493; ok aum í vömb, Bjarn. (in a verse); sauðar-vömb, kýr-vömb, gor-vömb, Vambar-ljóð, the name of a lay, Maurer’s Volksagen 317.

vömb (vǫmb): COMPDS: Vambardalr, Vambarhólmr.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Gr.: Greek.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Scot.: Scottish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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