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Runic Dictionary

Nottingham Rune Dictionary

A dictionary of Viking Age rune stones. Use the form to search for words in the corpus or browse by intial letter.

A B D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V Y Þ Æ Ø

ugga (v.) ‘to fear, suspect’ — 1

um (prep.) ‘around, about, all over, during’ — 4

um (explet.,part.) ‘’ — 7

und (prep.) ‘under, underneath’ — 2

ungkarl (m.) ‘young man’ — 1

ungmænni (n.) ‘young men’ — 4

ungr (adj.) ‘young’ — 3

upp (adv.) ‘up, upon, on’ — 1

upphiminn (m.) ‘high heavens’ — 2

uppi (prep.) ‘up, up in’ — 1

ur (prep.) ‘out of, from, beyond’ — 5

urgrandr (adj.) ‘flawless, virtuous’ — 1

urvakr (adj.) ‘over-lively (?)’ — 1

ut (adv.) ‘out, towards the outer side’ — 5

utfærð (?) (f.) ‘journey, voyage’ — 1

uti (adv.) ‘out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad’ — 11

uti (prep.) ‘out, outside, abroad’ — 5