Gätan

Old Swedish Dictionary - gätan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gätan" (or gætan) in Swedish.

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

gätan (gætan): gissning? thu hallir mik swa som eth atlöghe, teknandis aff mik gäthan (getam representas) SpV 86.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SpV: Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.