Dröghilse

Old Swedish Dictionary - dröghilse

Meaning of Old Swedish word "dröghilse" (or drøghilse) in Swedish.

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

dröghilse (drøghilse): tidsutdrägt? ofmykin moghe är wan at göra dröghilse SD 1: 670 (1285, gammal afskr.); ordet skulle möjl. kunna fattas ss biform af drövilse, i hvilket fall det vore att föra snarast till detta ords bem. 1.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.