Oqvämber

Old Swedish Dictionary - oqvämber

Meaning of Old Swedish word "oqvämber" (or oqvæmber) in Swedish.

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

oqvämber (oqvæmber): oduglig, som icke passar; otillbörlig. ljnthe gawnar lära then som altid är oqwämer PMSkr 125. - med prep. til. her pädhar henrici. .. som war oqwämer til ath warda prester. thy han war mandrapare PM Bref 314 (1512).

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

PMSkr: Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.