Bestädhigha

Old Swedish Dictionary - bestädhigha

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bestädhigha" (or bestædhigha) in Swedish.

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

bestädhigha (bestædhigha): ställa, nedlägga, placera, utgifva, använda. the skule thöm (penningarne) bestedige i gudz thieniste som the welie antwarde fore gudhi SJ 326 (1465).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

SJ: 2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.