Lidhgärdh

Old Swedish Dictionary - lidhgärdh

Meaning of Old Swedish word "lidhgärdh" (or lidhgærdh) in Swedish.

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

lidhgärdh (lidhgærdh): utrustning af krigshär, krigsrustning. possessiones eccleise. .. beate marie saba attinentes. . ab omni iure regali. videlicet exacitionibus procuracibonius vel allis collectis liberas semper concedimus & exemptas. nisi exppecidionem, que vulgariter dicitur lidgærdh euocari. continat SD 1: 549 (1279). Jfr ib 435 (1266), 550 (1279).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.