Frälshet

Old Swedish Dictionary - frälshet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "frälshet" (or frælshet) in Swedish.

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

frälshet (frælshet)
frihet, fritt stånd el. tillstånd. j licamen hafua the vänleken snarhetena starkhetena fria frälshet SvKyrkobr 235. rudis dis frälshet (hskr frärlshet) Gu C 20 s. 531. libertas frälsheth ib (hadn 2) s. 80.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SvKyrkobr
Svenska Kyrkobruk under medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1900. SFSS.
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back