Tomolös

Old Swedish Dictionary - tomolös

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tomolös" (or tomoløs) in Swedish.

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

tomolös (tomoløs)
som icke ger sig tillfälle el. tid (att göra ngt), obekymrad (om ngt). thän andre vinin är hustru oc barn fränder oc magha the fölghia then dödha wäl til grawa, än the wända snart j gen at skipta gozit oc rikedomana, oc ära sidhan tomo löse at göra nokot got for siälena Prosadikter (Barl) 42.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Works and authors cited:

Prosadikter
Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.
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