Ömbun

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ömbun

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ömbun" (or ǫmbun) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

ömbun (ǫmbun): ömbun, f. Løn, hvad en faar for noget(e-s) efter sin Fortjeneste; ef þeir mættihafa ömbun erfiðis síns Flat. I, 43531;urðu þess í ömbun styrktir af guðiElucid. 616; þeim manni skal ek gjaldamakliga ömbun ok mikit verðkaup, erverðr banamaðr jarls Flat. I, 23724;tvær ero réttar ömbunar, önnur þáer góðu verðr gótt launat, en önnurþá er íllt kœmr fyrir íllt, en hin þriðjaömbun er sú er heita má frumgjöf,sú verðr þá er í skírninni verðr fyrgefit alt it ílla en veitt it góða; - enof hina ömbun er ómildir menn launaíllo gótt - Leif. 522 fgg.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, ömbun may be more accurately written as ǫmbun.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛘᛒᚢᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

fgg.: følgende (om flere).

lat.: latinsk.

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