A proposito del lessema gutnico sämptst

The aim of this study is to investigate the lexeme sämptst attested as a hapax legomenon in the so-called Statutes of Saint Catherine’s Guild written in Old Gutnish. On the basis of its cotext, sämptst could be considered a unique variant of the preterite participle of Old Gutnish semia sik (cf. Old Swedish sämia/sæmia sik and Old Norse semja sik/semjask), a weak verb which is well-attested in Guta lag, the longest Old Gutnish text.