Bevända

Old Swedish Dictionary - bevända

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bevända" (or bevænda) in Swedish.

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

bevända (bevænda)
. - part. pret. uträttad, som lönar mödan. jw mere wii them bughe och knicthe iw mindre är thet bewänth HSH 22: 56 (1494).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

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Works and authors cited:

HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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