Rumfällinger

Old Swedish Dictionary - rumfällinger

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rumfällinger" (or rumfællinger) in Swedish.

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

rumfällinger (rumfællinger): person som faller el håller på att falla omkull. " mik mötte en gamul kerling /. .. hon stegh swa hoght oc stunde / medh annan fot stegh hon nidh / som thän a styltom gaar / hon var som än rumffelling" SvRimd 43.

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

Part of speech: nn

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