Bolmen

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Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Possibly derived from Old Swedish *bolmber (“large; expansive”). Compare with the verb bolma (“billow”). Earliest known individual form attested since 1689 as New Latin Bollmen Lacus (“Lake Bolmen”); but part of Old Swedish Bolmsø (“Bolmen island”) since 1293.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Bolmen c (genitive Bolmens)

  1. A lake in south-central Sweden
  2. A village by the lake of same name in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 43, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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