Miþväkt

Old Swedish Dictionary - miþväkt

Meaning of Old Swedish word "miþväkt" (or miþvækt) in Swedish.

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

miþväkt (miþvækt)
midt i bland. " midwakt syna fienda" MB 2: 75. C) substantivt. i. .. midhväkt, midt i. med gen. j samma vatnzsens midwakt (midt i det samma vattnet) MB 2: 37. - i midhväkt, midt i bland. med dat. j medwakt israels sonom MB 2: 37. - i midhväkt bland, midt i bland, bland. jouse bleff the natthena j midhwakt blandh isralels söner (in medio. . populi) MB 2: 21.

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

Part of speech: pp, ab, nn

Additional information: adv., prep. och subst.

Grammatical aspect: prep.adv. prep. subst.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • midwäght Bil 602. miþ vact. midhwakt. midhuakt. midwaght. mydwakt),

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

Works and authors cited:

MB
Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.
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