Fulvän

Old Swedish Dictionary - fulvän

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fulvän" (or fulvæn) in Swedish.

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

fulvän (fulvæn)
fullkomligt skön. MB 1: (Cod. B) 536. - mycket vacker. hundradh örs ful wäna Al 592. ib 9838.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Works and authors cited:

Al
Konung Alexander. Utg. af G.E. Klemming. 1862.
MB
Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.
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