Höghelikhet

Old Swedish Dictionary - höghelikhet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "höghelikhet" (or høghelikhet) in Swedish.

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

höghelikhet (høghelikhet)
3) höghet, förträfflighet. - om högt (upphöjt) väsen. alzwaldogzx maiestatis höghlikhet (alitudo infinitæ maiestatis) nidherbögde sik i ndhersta diwpet Mecht 119. o obegripelikx wisdoms högheli[g] het (o vere altitudo inscrubabilis sapientiæ), o huru mykin är thin miskund ib 335.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • hög-.
  • -li [g]het)

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

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Works and authors cited:

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