Hälghemän

Old Swedish Dictionary - hälghemän

Meaning of Old Swedish word "hälghemän" (or hælghemæn) in Swedish.

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

hälghemän (hælghemæn): eg. heliga män, helgon. best. (allhelgona)litanian. thänne bönen scal oc strax läsas effther styw psalmana oc helgemennana som erchebiscopen jaco [ulfsson] haffuer styctat SvB XLI 1(1500-t.). Jfr helagher 1.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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