Umgöngumaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - umgöngumaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "umgöngumaðr" (or umgǫngumaðr) in Norwegian.

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

umgöngumaðr (umgǫngumaðr): umgöngumaðr, m. 1) Omstreifer, Betler, = göngumaðr, förumaðr; umgöngumenn= lat. saliares Gloss. 3, 27 fg (s. 387). 2) = umgangsmaðr, umsýslumaðr. Stat.2838.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᛘᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.