Umfangsmikill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - umfangsmikill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "umfangsmikill" in Norwegian.

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

umfangsmikill
umfangsmikill, adj. saadan at man ikkevil holde sig rolig, men derimod finderpaa, giver sig af med meget og mangt,som man vil gjøre; berserkirnir gjörðustnú umfangsmiklir ok skotruðu GrettiGrett. 4414; með því at þessi maðr varumfangsmikill ok hinn mesti gárungr,átti hann kenningarnafn ok kallaðrglaumr Grett. 1605; Finb. 107 (c. 6).

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᛘᚠᛆᚿᚵᛋᛘᛁᚴᛁᛚᛚ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
c.
Capitel.

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