Sämskskin

Old Swedish Dictionary - sämskskin

Meaning of Old Swedish word "sämskskin" (or sæmskskin) in Swedish.

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

sämskskin (sæmskskin)
sämskinn. " ii sem skin" JTb 35 (1462). " tesse skattadhe sämsk skin aath olaf hedhmansons hustrv" ATb 1: l300 (1468).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • sem skin )

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

Works and authors cited:

ATb
(el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.
JTb
Jönköpings stads Tänkebok från 1456--1548. Utg. af C. M. Kjellberg. 1910--19. Bilaga till Meddelanden från Norra Smålands Fornminnesförening h. 2--5.
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