Fämtunger

Old Swedish Dictionary - fämtunger

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fämtunger" (or fæmtunger) in Swedish.

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

fämtunger (fæmtunger)
femtedel. " all woor andeel som wy äghom j rotzama holml liggiende j lemmo sokn, som äre tre deelä eller tre fämpthyngä offuer allan holmen" Svartb (Skokl) 544 (1481).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • fämpthyngä) ,

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

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Works and authors cited:

Svartb
och Svartb (Skokl) Registrum Ecclesiæ Aboensis eller Åbo domkyrkas Svartbok med tillägg ur Skoklosters Codex Aboensis. Utg. genom R. Hausen 1890.
Svartb (Skokl)
/se Svartb/
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