Härold
Old Swedish Dictionary - häroldMeaning of Old Swedish word "härold" (or hærold) in Swedish.
As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:
- härold (hærold)
- härold. Prosadikter (Barl) 74. the (ɔ artiklarna) skole oprobes j morgon aff wor kierSTe nadige herres herholl, her hans STb 5: 293 (1520). - (dipolmatiskt) sändebud. .. och ther fore haffwr sin häroldh meSTer dauid arlige liggiandes hoss grotforSThen i rytzlandh Rydberg Tr 3: 559 (1510).
Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so härold may have also been written as hærold
Part of speech: nn
Alternative forms or notes:- häroldh.
- herol:-s Stock Skb 192 (1521)
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛅᚱᚮᛚᚦ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.
Works and authors cited:
- ST
- Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
- Prosadikter
- Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.
- Rydberg Tr
- Sveriges traktater med främmande magter jemte andra dit hörande handlingar. Utgifna af O.S. Rydberg. Del. 2, 3. 1880--95.