úmagi

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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)

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
masculine	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”)

Related terms

mega
megin

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: umage

References

úmagi in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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