Frägher

Old Swedish Dictionary - frägher

Meaning of Old Swedish word "frägher" (or frægher) in Swedish.

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

frägher (frægher): känd, bekant. med dat. hans gerninga mz guz iärteknom äro allum frägha Bil 784. ib 723. - med prep. for. wardh miraculum for kesaran fräght Bil 576. - ryktbar, fräjdad. han bygdhe thz frägha mönster j rom star som panteon heet Bil 321. " wardh en reclusus swa hälgaher ok frägher at alt folkit thok han til erchebiscop" ib 689. " vardh vm sidhe fräghaste munkir" KL 211. Bil 424. MB 1: 175, 177, 275. Iv 3512. - prisad. han (Gud) är ärlika frägher (gloriose. .. magnificatus est) MB 1: 317. " iak skal göra han (Gud) fräghan (glorificabo eum) ib. - beryktad. wäldoghe män oc frägher at ilgerningom" MB 1: 167. - Jfr namn-, vidh-frägher.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

MB: Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.