Hemsökning

Old Swedish Dictionary - hemsökning

Meaning of Old Swedish word "hemsökning" (or hemsøkning) in Swedish.

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

hemsökning (hemsøkning)
L. = hemsokn. torsdaga om natt hafde kastas sig samman eth partii aff arby sogn oc gjorde hemsökning dörebrot oc bittogamol pa en wor landboo i liongby HSH 14: 88 (1526, Brask).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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Works and authors cited:

HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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