Afröva

Old Swedish Dictionary - afröva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "afröva" (or afrøva) in Swedish.

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

afröva (afrøva): beröfva. med prep. af. thin hoghir näktar ällir affröwadhir aff thäs hälgha anda delaktoghet SpV 41. - utplundra. utblotta. röffwande (exspolians) alla maktir SpV 405.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

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