Gäte

Old Swedish Dictionary - gäte

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gäte" (or gæte) in Swedish.

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

gäte (gæte): aning. " ä gespar fughil a sit gäte (oscitat ad tales quas res prenoscitat ales)" GO 650. Jfr gät.

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

Part of speech: nn

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