Nikolaumässa

Old Swedish Dictionary - nikolaumässa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nikolaumässa" (or nikolaumæssa) in Swedish.

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

nikolaumässa (nikolaumæssa)
nikolausmässa, den 6 december. Beckman Stud 90 (1461).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Beckman Stud
N. Beckman, Studier i outgivna fornsvenska handskrifter. 1917. SFSS.
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