Maghsämd

Old Swedish Dictionary - maghsämd

Meaning of Old Swedish word "maghsämd" (or maghsæmd) in Swedish.

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

maghsämd (maghsæmd): svågerskap, slägtskap som uppkommer genom giftermål. þätt egh lata for fränzsämio, maghsämd, winskap, rädde äller nakara wild SD 5: 376 (1344, nyare afskr.). ib 606 (1346).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.