Fämtan

Old Swedish Dictionary - fämtan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fämtan" (or fæmtan) in Swedish.

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

fämtan (fæmtan)
femton. " hon varþ fiurtan ara gamul hauande ok föde fämtan ara" Bu 12. fämtan daghum siþan hon var döt ib 15. KL 79. KLemming. 1860.">Gr 291. MB 1: 1. KLemming. 1844.">Fl 19. SO 18.

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

Part of speech: nl

Grammatical aspect: räkn.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • fämtan MB 1: 1 ; Fl 19.
  • fämthon SO 18.
  • fempthon SD 3: 644 (öfvers. fr. sl. af 1400talet)),

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

Similar entries:

Works and authors cited:

Bu
Codex Bureanus. Se Lg.
Fl
Flores och Blanzeflor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1844.
Gr
Legenden om Gregorius af Armenien. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1860.
KL
Klosterläsning. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1877--78.
MB
Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.
SO
Skrå-Ordningar. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1856.
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back