Tomasamässa

Old Swedish Dictionary - tomasamässa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tomasamässa" (or tomasamæssa) in Swedish.

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

tomasamässa (tomasamæssa): Jfr Sdw 2: 1316. Tomasmässa, Tomasdag, 21 december. ATb 1: 201, 203 (1464). bäntk. .. vant burskap dag til tomiz messo ib 234 (1465). - marknad vid Tomasmässa. han togh iij pᵈ smör aff hanom har i arboga om ena tomismesso ATb 2: 62 (1475).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

ATb: (el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.