Höstþing

Old Swedish Dictionary - höstþing

Meaning of Old Swedish word "höstþing" (or høstþing) in Swedish.

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

höstþing (høstþing)
höstting. " på s. martini dagh, då war höst tingh i padasjoki sochnn i nystelä by" BtFH 1: 26 (1487, nyare afskr.). ib 37 (1486, nyare afskr.), 44 (1449, nyare afskr.), 45 (1484, nyare afskr.) o. s. v.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

BtFH
Bidrag till Finlands Historia. Utg. genom R. Hausen. 1881--83.
FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
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