Häghdha

Old Swedish Dictionary - häghdha

Meaning of Old Swedish word "häghdha" (or hæghdha) in Swedish.

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

häghdha (hæghdha)
hålla tillbaka, spara. sidhan bestalningen är giordh häydes sparlika j förstonne all förtärning, som gammalth ord är at man skal häyda widher bredden oc ey widher bothnen PMSkr 141. Jfr forhäghdha.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
PMSkr
Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.
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