Älskelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - älskelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "älskelika" (or ælskelika) in Swedish.

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

älskelika (ælskelika): kärleksfullt. " widh hans hälgha hiärta älskelikast (amantissime) oc kräselikast sik hwilandis" Mecht 120. " ok huru älskeligha (amanter) jak altidh, thänkiandis wm honom" ib 312.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.