Fafänghet

Old Swedish Dictionary - fafänghet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fafänghet" (or fafænghet) in Swedish.

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

fafänghet (fafænghet): sysslolöshet. " märk at thu ekke äth gudz brödh oc almoso j läti oc fafänghet" Mecht 231.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚠᛅᚿᚵᚼᚽᛏ
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.