Fälla

Old Swedish Dictionary - fälla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fälla" (or fælla) in Swedish.

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

fälla Old Swedish word can mean:

fälla (fælla)
L.
fälla (fælla)
1) fälla. " preSTen laghdhe een SToran STeen ofwir ena dör ther biscopin pläghadhe vth gaa oc gildradhe han ther som ena fällo" ST 351.
fälla (fælla)
2) fällande, sakfällande. " sik at sämiä baþe vm värio oc fällo" SD 5: 377 (1344, nyare afskr.).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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Works and authors cited:

ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
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