I svälghia

Old Swedish Dictionary - i svälghia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "i svälghia" (or i svælghia) in Swedish.

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

i svälghia (i svælghia)
svälja, sluka. " han hade i swolgit en wapnan man" Di 83.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

Di
Sagan om Didrik af Bern. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1850--54.
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