úmagi
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ú- (“un-”) + magi. The last part is from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able to”); and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-.
Noun
editúmagi m (genitive úmaga)
- a helpless one, one incapable of self-maintenance (including children, aged people, men disabled by sickness, paupers…)
Declension
edit Declension of úmagi (weak an-stem)
Derived terms
edit- 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”)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Norwegian Nynorsk: umage
References
edit- úmagi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.