Ömbuna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - ömbuna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ömbuna" (or ǫmbuna) in Norwegian.

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

ömbuna (ǫmbuna): ömbuna, v. (að) = ambana; guð vildiömbuna honum sítt erfiði Heilag. II,2791; ömbunaði hann þar í móti þrjátigi pakka vaðmals Bp. I, 87224; þeimskal ek ömbuna góðu, er eigi farafljótara en ek Flat. I, 47433; pínir sikí iðrun fyrir gjörva afruni ok bœtir yfirí góðum verkum, ok sá ömbunar sínapíning er svá gjörir Messusk. 17413.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛘᛒᚢᚿᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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