Mödomber

Old Swedish Dictionary - mödomber

Meaning of Old Swedish word "mödomber" (or mødomber) in Swedish.

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

mödomber (mødomber)
mödom, jungfrudom. tha feSTe clemith lagh. .. ath han ey fik henna mödom ATb 2: 56 (1475). " jtem niels nanwlsons pigha kom jn for sittiande rettin och sade ath pawal thyma togh hennis mödom" ib 220 (1483). ib. STb 1: 74 (1476), 234 (1480), 2: 537 (1491), 5: 30 (1514).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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Works and authors cited:

ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
ATb
(el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.
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