At nöghia

Old Swedish Dictionary - at nöghia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "at nöghia" (or at nøghia) in Swedish.

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

at nöghia (at nøghia)
åtnöjas. opersonl. med dat. " swa som hanom at nöger" SD NS 1: 60 (1401). swa at honum väl ma at nöghiä Iv 4362. Al 8780. " swa at mik wäl at nögher" SD NS 1: 91 (1401). ib106 (1402 o. s. v. tesse XII som. .. bodhom deelom wel oth nögde FH 1: 31 (1455, gammAl afskr.). swa at mik AllAledis aatnöghiar ib 145 (1490). - lata sik atnöghia at (mädh, um), låta sig nöja (med). at hwilka fiwra manna mietzordhum ok sägn i thesse mato läter mik wäl ok ganslika atnöghia SD NS 2: 33 (1408). " loto the sik a badha sidhor vm thet skipte wäl at nöghia ib 114 (1409). her mz lothe the sigh på Alle sydher wel otnögye" FH 1: 33 (1455, gammAl afskr.).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • aat-.
  • ot-.
  • oth- )

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

Works and authors cited:

Al
Konung Alexander. Utg. af G.E. Klemming. 1862.
FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
Iv
Herr Ivan Lejonriddaren. Utg. af J. W. Liffman och G. Stephens. 1849.
SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back