Iämvän

Old Swedish Dictionary - iämvän

Meaning of Old Swedish word "iämvän" (or iæmvæn) in Swedish.

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

iämvän (iæmvæn): lika skön. - lika ståtlig. wet tu nakan then konung. .. som. .. jäm wän är j härwapn som iak Prosadikter (Karl M) 290.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Prosadikter: Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.