Umkringlöpa

Old Swedish Dictionary - umkringlöpa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "umkringlöpa" (or umkringløpa) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

umkringlöpa (umkringløpa)
löpa omkring. mädh hwat ängxla thu wmkring löper äpther thinom älskogha SkrtUppb 28. " hwat kan min grymhet thik skadha. .. hwru mykit jak ingar ok wm kringh löper i thinom sarom" ib 102. Jfr lpa um kring.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so umkringlöpa may have also been written as umkringløpa

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᛘᚴᚱᛁᚿᚵᛚᚯᛕᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

SkrtUppb
Skrifter till uppbyggelse från medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1904--05. SFSS.
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