Biärghan

Old Swedish Dictionary - biärghan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "biärghan" (or biærghan) in Swedish.

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

biärghan (biærghan): skydd, härbärge. thär (i den kristna kyrkan) finna pilagrima. .. hospilitatem bärghan oc tilflyilse, Mecht 131. - Jfr sol-, sola-biärghan.

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

Part of speech: nn

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Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛁᛅᚱᚵᚼᛆᚿ
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.