úmagi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ómagi

Etymology

From ú- (“un-”) +‎ magi. The last part is from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able to”); and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-.

Noun

úmagi m (genitive úmaga)

  1. a helpless one, one incapable of self-maintenance (including children, aged people, men disabled by sickness, paupers…)

Declension

Declension of úmagi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative úmagi úmaginn úmagar úmagarnir
accusative úmaga úmagann úmaga úmagana
dative úmaga úmaganum úmǫgum úmǫgunum
genitive úmaga úmagans úmaga úmaganna

Derived terms

  • úmagaaldr m (“minority, nonage, childhood”)
  • úmagaeyrir m (“the money or property of a minor”)
  • úmagaframfœrsla f (“maintenance of paupers”)
  • úmagalauss (“having no "úmaga" to sustain”)
  • úmagamaðr (“a person with many "úmaga" to sustain”)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: umage

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “úmagi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 459; also available at the Internet Archive
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