Ömber

Old Swedish Dictionary - ömber

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ömber" (or ømber) in Swedish.

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

ömber (ømber): fattig, ringa. , obetydlig (om ord). swa ath (de) offta for eth ömth oc flath ordh kasta sik genstan j otholamod oc wredhe Mecht 326. " j haffdhen fordom ider presteboll nordan kirkiona, ther öm iord är oc mynne än reth presteboll bör at wara" Svartb 367 (1438-48).

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

Part of speech: av

Additional information: adj. L.

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.

Svartb: och Svartb (Skokl) Registrum Ecclesiæ Aboensis eller Åbo domkyrkas Svartbok med tillägg ur Skoklosters Codex Aboensis. Utg. genom R. Hausen 1890.