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Old Norse
Etymology
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Preposition
umhverfis
- round, all around
- settu þeir lið sitt umhverfis borgina
Adverb
umhverfis
- 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