Ledhestiärna

Old Swedish Dictionary - ledhestiärna

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ledhestiärna" (or ledhestiærna) in Swedish.

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

ledhestiärna (ledhestiærna)
ledSTjärna, STjärna som visar vägen. bildl. " thz (ɔ: gudz nampn) är. .. een ledhe STiärna allom ellendum oc främadhom" ST 77. " är iomfru maria een ledheSTiärna" ib 209.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
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