Agnus dei

Old Swedish Dictionary - agnus dei

Meaning of Old Swedish word "agnus dei" in Swedish.

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

agnus dei
amulett (medaljong) med bilden af ett lamm med korsfaran (el. af Johannes döparen med ett lamm). Jfr Hildebrand, Sv. Medeltid 3: 599 f. j [1] agnus dei medh j [1] klädhia HLG 1: 86 (1486). eth agnus dei SJ 2: 301 (1496).

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SJ
2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.
HLG 1
Handlingar rörande Helga Lekamens Gille i Stockholm. I. Gillesboken 1393--1487. Utg. av I. Collijn. 1921.
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