Mödhelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - mödhelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "mödhelika" (or mødhelika) in Swedish.

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

mödhelika (mødhelika): 3) mödosamt, svårt, plågsamt. " skildis min siäl af kroppenom swa hwasselika oc mödhelika" Hel män 191.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Hel män: Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.