Bolmen

Swedish

Etymology

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.

See also the lakeside locality Odensjö (literally “Odin's Lake”), which is proposedly derived from a former name of lake Bolmen.

Proper noun

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

• Bolmstad
• Bolmsö