Athänkelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - athänkelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "athänkelika" (or athænkelika) in Swedish.

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

athänkelika (athænkelika): för tanken el. föreställningen, bildligt, i bild. spegilsins nathur är. .. likamlika thinga skapilse aff sinne klarhet atänkelika betekna (ymaginaliteter representare) SpV 169.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

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