Svämma

Old Swedish Dictionary - svämma

Meaning of Old Swedish word "svämma" (or svæmma) in Swedish.

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

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • *svämma ivir , låta (djur) simma över (vatten). somme binda samman trä oc ther wppaa läggia harniskith oc swämma hestana affwer oc syälffwe simma draghandis äffther sig harniskith som liggher pa trämen PMSkr 147. Jfr ivirsvämma.

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


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