Fornäm

Old Swedish Dictionary - fornäm

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fornäm" (or fornæm) in Swedish.

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

fornäm (fornæm)
förnäm, framstående. att han wore lijknadh widh gudh, eller thett förnemste meniskiors natur ssom kann och förmechtar lijcknas widh gudh PMSkr 677 (senare avskr.).

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • förnemste PMSkr 677 (senare avskr.)),

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚿᛅᛘ
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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