Manvät

Old Swedish Dictionary - manvät

Meaning of Old Swedish word "manvät" (or manvæt) in Swedish.

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

manvät (manvæt)
mandråp. " the män sum i manwättum äru (d. v. s. som begått dråp och derför hafva att befara hämd) mugho full wappn hawa sik till wärn Sd 4: 465 (1335, nyare afskr.). ä hwatt hälder han är i manwäät äller egh" ib 5: 374 (1344, nyare afskr.). Se Schlyters Ordb. s. 429 manna väkt. Jfr manväkt.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -wäät.
  • -wätt )

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


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