Bälta

Old Swedish Dictionary - bälta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bälta" (or bælta) in Swedish.

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

bälta (bælta): förse med bälte, omgjorda. balterire verbum actium idest cingere bältha GU C 20 s. 49. " in aurora sume tibi caligas et vestem stringe sequendo tagh tina hosor ok belta tik ok fölgh" ib s. 67. " corrigiare bältha ok mz reem binda ok göra" ib s. 151. cinctus. .. giordader ok bäthadher ib s. 109. corrigatus. .. bältader ok mz reem bundhin ibs. 151. - Jfr krinGUmbälta.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.