Lösingaman

Old Swedish Dictionary - lösingaman

Meaning of Old Swedish word "lösingaman" (or løsingaman) in Swedish.

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

lösingaman (løsingaman)
lös arbetare? " inge [flere] dage karle eller lösingemen schole städer ther, en grwffwonne behoff görs" BSH 5: 512 (1512, nyare afskr.). Jfr lösinga karl.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

BS
Bagarnes Skrå. I Småstycken på Forn Svenska.
BSH
Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.
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