Flämta

Old Swedish Dictionary - flämta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "flämta" (or flæmta) in Swedish.

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

flämta (flæmta)
flämta, häftiga andas. ärw the (ɔ oxarna) mykith hethe tha latis ey til ath ätha för än the wenda ather ath fiämtha PMSkr 198. ib 232, 242. then hök som flämthar oc ängxlas ib 273.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -ar) ,

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

Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
PMSkr
Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.
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