Söm

Old Swedish Dictionary - söm

Meaning of Old Swedish word "söm" (or søm) in Swedish.

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

söm (søm): och *sömber, m. spik, nubb; särsk. hästskosöm. iiij gaangh söm for ij ortugh HLG 2: 70 (1521). tÿ ath offta för en söm misther man en skoo Arnell Brask Biᴵ 20. Jfr bat-, skip-, sko-söm.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Arnell Brask: E. Arnell, Bidrag till biskop Hans Brasks lefnadsteckning. 1904. [Av de särskilt paginerade textbilagorna är I, s. 7--37, avtryckt ur hds. fr. 1513--27.]

HLG 2: Handlingar rörande Helga Lekamens Gille i Stockholm. II--IV. Erogata 1509--1528. Utg. av I. Collijn. 1923.