Häghdare

Old Swedish Dictionary - häghdare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "häghdare" (or hæghdare) in Swedish.

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

häghdare (hæghdare)
hushållare, förvaltare. " wi skulum i thessom fafängelika thingom wara sanne hägdhara oc skiptara och ey gömmara ällir äghandz män (simus. .. in rebus tempralibus solum dispentorates et non possesores)" Hel män 130.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -a) ,

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

Works and authors cited:

Hel män
Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.
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