Fräghna

Old Swedish Dictionary - fräghna

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fräghna" (or fræghna) in Swedish.

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

fräghna (fræghna): spörja, erfara, förnimma, få veta. fräghnar thz almoghin tha thänkia the thz wara swik Prosadikter (Sju vise mäst) 157. thätt är: äi satt. att ih´c (ɔ Jesus) stoth op af döth. sum i lhaua fratt Saml 34: 279. - med prep. af. tha ma han dyawlin huarte höra ellir se oc enscons af honum freghna Vis sten 8.

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

Part of speech: vb

Additional information: v. L.

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

Prosadikter: Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.

Saml: Samlaren. Tidskrift utgifven af Svenska Literatursällskapets arbetsutskott. 1880 o. följ.