Häghre

Old Swedish Dictionary - häghre

Meaning of Old Swedish word "häghre" (or hæghre) in Swedish.

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

häghre (hæghre)
Se Sdw 2: 1240. häger. häghren som ey symmer wathnith straffar PMSkr 192.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛅᚵᚼᚱᚽ
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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