söttmän

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Danish søtme; derived from søt (“sweet”).

Verb

söttmän (preterite söttmä)

  1. sweeten: also said of porridge or bread-dough of flour, which has been damaged by frost; such dough will singän or stengän

Alternative forms
  • söttän

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “söttmän”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 719
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