Ältan

Old Swedish Dictionary - ältan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ältan" (or æltan) in Swedish.

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

ältan (æltan)
drivande, skaning, häftigt rörelse. Wana gloria är een ohöfligin jndhra ok ytra manzsins ältan (agitatio), at täkkias androm SpV 141. Hwilkin är thänna naturligha ältanen (impulsio) ällir tilskyndanden ib 571.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SpV
Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.
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