umhverfis

Old Norse

Etymology

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Preposition

umhverfis

  1. round, all around [with accusative]
    settu þeir lið sitt umhverfis borgina

Adverb

umhverfis

  1. round, all around

Further reading

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