Iämgamal

Old Swedish Dictionary - iämgamal

Meaning of Old Swedish word "iämgamal" (or iæmgamal) in Swedish.

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

iämgamal (iæmgamal): lika gammal. han är honom iämpn sinom fadher at guddominom, oc iämgamal MB 1: 19. " wärldina skapadhe han. .. gaMBla oc tho ängaledh iäm gaMBla som sik siälwan" ib 33.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

MB: Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.