Fafänglikhet

Old Swedish Dictionary - fafänglikhet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fafänglikhet" (or fafænglikhet) in Swedish.

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

fafänglikhet (fafænglikhet): fåfänglighet, flärd. nar nakor fafänglikhet (vanitas) löse, oc ostadugt ögr thit hiärta Mecht 212.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚠᛅᚿᚵᛚᛁᚴᚼᚽᛏ
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.