Bolmsö

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Bolm, Bólmr, Bolmßöö (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish Bolmsø. Compound of Bolmen +‎ ö (“island”).

Proper noun

Bolmsö ? (genitive Bolmsös)

1. An island of lake Bolmen, in former Finnveden, today Småland, Sweden
   • 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.

2. A village and parish on the island of same name in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.