Häghdhelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - häghdhelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "häghdhelika" (or hæghdhelika) in Swedish.

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

häghdhelika (hæghdhelika)
sparsamt, i små portioner. hwath swa är jnförth förtäres häydelika aff försto bestalningennas dagh PMSkr 165.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • häyde- )

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛅᚵᚼᚦᚼᚽᛚᛁᚴᛆ
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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