Hiärnvilla

Old Swedish Dictionary - hiärnvilla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "hiärnvilla" (or hiærnvilla) in Swedish.

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

hiärnvilla (hiærnvilla): yrsel. " karabe thet är raff. .. röken aff the rörer meer hiärn willo" PMSkr 478.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

PMSkr: Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.