Aktan

Old Swedish Dictionary - aktan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "aktan" in Swedish.

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

aktan Old Swedish word can mean:

aktan
1) tanke, öfvervägande, betraktelse. mz tolke aktan oc skadilse koMBer thu til gudz widherkännilse LfK 79.
aktan
2) omsorg. " är allaledhis natwrinna akt oc aktan till ewinnelik thing" MB 1: 110.

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

LfK
Skrifter till Läsning för Klosterfolk. Utg. af F. A. Dahlgren. 1875.
MB
Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.
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