Afföþa

Old Swedish Dictionary - afföþa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "afföþa" (or afføþa) in Swedish.

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

afföþa (afføþa): födande, aflande, alstrande. " hionalagx stadghin är en stor gärningh, af barnauna affödho (generatione)" SpV 31. afkomma. GU C 20 s. 563.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚠᚯᚦᛆ
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.

SpV: Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.