Däldhet

Old Swedish Dictionary - däldhet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "däldhet" (or dældhet) in Swedish.

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

däldhet (dældhet)
förtrolighet. " omögelikhet är i swadana omgängilse oc däldhet länge bliffwa wtan siälennas smitto" LfK 155.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

LfK
Skrifter till Läsning för Klosterfolk. Utg. af F. A. Dahlgren. 1875.
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