Härva

Old Swedish Dictionary - härva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "härva" (or hærva) in Swedish.

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

härva (hærva): räfsa. GU C 22 enl. (V. Jansson i) Ordgeografi och språkhistoria s. 26 (återgivande Lat. rastellum). Jfr härf.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.