Häghþa

Old Swedish Dictionary - häghþa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "häghþa" (or hæghþa) in Swedish.

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

häghþa (hæghþa): eg. genom stängesel freda, skydda; spara. abs. rikar ärwþar ok quiþer at häghþ Bu 153. - med dat. han radher ey älla hägdhar päningenum sik til gagn älla hedher Bil 965. - Jfr forhäghþa.

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

Part of speech: vb

Additional information: v. (Sv. dial. hägda. N. hegda. Jfr Isl. hegða]

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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