Affälla

Old Swedish Dictionary - affälla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "affälla" (or affælla) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

affälla (affælla): låta (ngt, särsk. klädnasstycke, el. dylikt som är lagdt i veck el. uppviket) falla ned, släta ut. displico. .. idest deorsum a plica ponere aff fälla oc släth göro GU C 20 s. 193.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so affälla may have also been written as affælla

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚠᛅᛚᛚᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.