Atröst

Old Swedish Dictionary - atröst

Meaning of Old Swedish word "atröst" (or atrøst) in Swedish.

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

atröst (atrøst): stöd, hjälp, bistånd. " ath han jäffwandis ok wantröstandis wm gudhz hiälp gaff sigh til manna hiälp, ok athröst" Mecht 316.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᛏᚱᚯᛋᛏ
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.