Fämt

Old Swedish Dictionary - fämt

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fämt" (or fæmt) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

fämt (fæmt)
enskild sammankomst som på tinget utsättes att hållas mellan de tvistande på femte dagen efter det att ett mål förevarit på tinget? nullus eciam in placitis quoddam ius quod in wlgaris (annan afskr. har: wlgariter) dicitur fæmt super premissis emendis petendis. uel super aliis iuribus que ecclesia ab antiquo obseruauerat. .. episcopo uel suis officialbus audeat inposterum denegare SD 3: 43 (1312, gammal afskr.). jus, quod wlgariter dictur fæmpd ib 6: 153 (1349, gammal afskr.).

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so fämt may have also been written as fæmt

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • fämt.
  • fämpd )
  • fämta vitne ,

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛅᛘᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
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