Iärngnista

Old Swedish Dictionary - iärngnista

Meaning of Old Swedish word "iärngnista" (or iærngnista) in Swedish.

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

iärngnista (iærngnista)
gnista från glödgat järn. flögh salught folk som järngisto v brunnenom Pa 22.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Pa
S. Patriks-Sagan. Utg. af G. Stephens och J. A. Ahlstrand. 1844. Ett inom parentes tillagdt Tung betecknar den i samma band utgivna legenden om Tungulus.
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