Landfästa

Old Swedish Dictionary - landfästa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "landfästa" (or landfæsta) in Swedish.

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

landfästa (landfæsta): landfäste, fäste vid land. strax skipit komber tith thet kastar ankar, äller faar landfästo PMskr 91. Jfr lands fästa.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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