Umhverfis

Old Norwegian Dictionary - umhverfis

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "umhverfis" in Norwegian.

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

umhverfis: umhverfis, præp. & adv. = umbergis, um-vergis; m. Akk. eldr man koma brenn-andi í hans augliti, en umhverfis hannœði stormr Barl. 386; gengr hann um-hverfis skemmuna Flat. II, 7532; settuþeir lið sítt umhverfis borgina Fm.VIII, 32223; uden Komplement: á Mær-inni er mikill höfuðstaðr ok hús stórok bygð mikil umhverfis Flat. II, 18522;þar váru ok festir skildir umhverfis íhúsinu Eg. 11 (2012).

Part of speech: præp

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᛘᚼᚠᚽᚱᚠᛁᛋ
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:

adv.: Adverbium.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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