úmagi

== 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 ==== ==== 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 === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “úmagi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 459; also available at the Internet Archive