Afväria
Old Swedish Dictionary - afväriaMeaning 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.