Fiäld

Old Swedish Dictionary - fiäld

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fiäld" (or fiæld) in Swedish.

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

fiäld (fiæld)
fält (i en vapensköld). Jfr Hildebrand, Sv. Med. 2: 561. thre allin bruna udi et hwit field i skiolden ib 557 (1457). ib (1461). ib (1473). FMU 4: 180 (1461, avskr.). 462 (1476, avskr.). Sv Skr 1: 36 (1482). Lagerbring Saml 3: 216 (1483). - Jfr bylghio-, tafls-fiäld, ävensom fält.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • field )

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

Works and authors cited:

FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
FMU
Finlands medeltidsurkunder. Utg. af Finlands Statsarkiv genom R. Hausen. 1--5. 1910--28.
Saml
Samlaren. Tidskrift utgifven af Svenska Literatursällskapets arbetsutskott. 1880 o. följ.
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