Övirmer

Old Swedish Dictionary - övirmer

Meaning of Old Swedish word "övirmer" (or øvirmer) in Swedish.

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

övirmer (øvirmer)
o. adv., se ivirmer. Tha manen är ny, är öffwermere hornith mörkth PMSkr 292. en järn pinne. .. fästher j owermera skiffwona. .. oc widher öffwermere ändan haffwj eth langth hof ib 504.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Works and authors cited:

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.
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