Främian

Old Swedish Dictionary - främian

Meaning of Old Swedish word "främian" (or fræmian) in Swedish.

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

främian (fræmian): framgång. " högfärdoghir är. .. snar til at loffwa, seen at bettala, bradhräddir om sina främian" SpV 160.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SpV: Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.