Mäkta

Old Swedish Dictionary - mäkta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "mäkta" (or mækta) in Swedish.

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

mäkta (mækta)
A) adj. stark, väldig, mäkgit, stor. han lath mwra eth torn ther j hafde han en mäkta skath aaf gul Prosadikter (Sju vise m C) 242. eth stortt mäkta skip Troj 4.

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

Part of speech: ab, av

Additional information: adj. och adv.

Grammatical aspect: adj. adv.

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

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Works and authors cited:

Prosadikter
Prosadikter från Sveriges medeltid. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1887--89. SFSS.
Troj
Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.
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