Sömd

Old Swedish Dictionary - sömd

Meaning of Old Swedish word "sömd" (or sømd) in Swedish.

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

sömd (sømd): heder, ära. - heder, hedersbevisning. Jfr D. Kornhall, Den fornsvenska sagan om Karl Magnus 273. hugen. .. giorde i allom stwndom sömdh karla magnus Karl Magnus ed. Kornhall 39. Jfr: kallom lnw a gudh ath then ildher män iwe koma ey nw söndher karla magnus (.. . stigi eigi yfir sæmd keisarans) ib 81.

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

Part of speech: nn

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