Bortnöta

Old Swedish Dictionary - bortnöta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bortnöta" (or bortnøta) in Swedish.

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

bortnöta (bortnøta)
bortnöta. " änlitit war maghirt, oc öghonen insunken, öghnabran bortnöt aff flytande tharom oc mykklo armodh oc fatighdom" Prosadikter (Barl) 98.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

Prosadikter
Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.
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