Hälghare

Old Swedish Dictionary - hälghare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "hälghare" (or hælghare) in Swedish.

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

hälghare (hælghare): som helgar, gör helig. alla hälga manna hälghare (sanctificator) Mecht 225.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.