Afväria

Old Swedish Dictionary - afväria

Meaning of Old Swedish word "afväria" (or afværia) in Swedish.

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

afväria (afværia)
afvärja, tillbakaslå. the affwardho diäfflanna skara Mecht 118. - tillbakavisa, fria sig från (ett käromål). til hwilket for:de her karl nei sadhe, oc thy sadhe wi honom thet for retha, at han skulde annan daghen ther nest efter thet self tulfte affweerghie medh riddere oc swen e Lagberbring Saml 2: 231 (1442).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

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Works and authors cited:

Mecht
Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.
Saml
Samlaren. Tidskrift utgifven af Svenska Literatursällskapets arbetsutskott. 1880 o. följ.
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