Fafänga

Old Swedish Dictionary - fafänga

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fafänga" (or fafænga) in Swedish.

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

fafänga (fafænga): sysslolöshet. " han wille altiid gerna war[a] j nagro arffwodhe fafängan gath han jnthe lyded" Troj 74. - Jfr värulds fafänga.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Troj: Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.