Somarstämna

Old Swedish Dictionary - somarstämna

Meaning of Old Swedish word "somarstämna" (or somarstæmna) in Swedish.

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

somarstämna (somarstæmna): legostämma el. legotid som utgöres af sommarhalfåret, sommarhalfår för hvilket en arbetare blifvit antagen. et lipsund smör. et lipsund fläsk. vm somarstomnä. oc samulunð vm vintren SD 5: 637 (1347).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.