Bolm

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Bolm ? (genitive Bolms)

  1. Archaic form of Bolmsö.
    • 1672, anonymous author, translated by Olaus Verelius, Hervarar Saga På Gammal Götska[1], page 3:
      När Grimmer war tolf åhra gamal, for han i hernad och wart en förnemlig frigßman Han tog ſig till huſtru Böggerd / Alfhilds och Starkoters Aludrengs dotter: och ſatte ſig till att bo i Småland / på then öen ſom heter Bolm / och kallades ſedan thär af Grimer på Bolmßöö.
      When Grimmer was twelve years old, he went into the army and became a distinguished freeman. He married Böggerd / Alfhild and Starkoters Aludreng's daughter: and settled down to live in Småland / on the island called Bolm / and was then called by Grimer of Bolmsö.