Möghelikhet

Old Swedish Dictionary - möghelikhet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "möghelikhet" (or møghelikhet) in Swedish.

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

möghelikhet (møghelikhet)
förmåga. " hwat man haffuir honum fangit wt w biSOnne tha scal han epther möglikheth giffua ather i bisSOna" SO 5. " thär aff at gifua arligha legho thre (3) marker päninga eller syvt ärfuodhe thär fore göra effter möghelikheet" SJ 69 (1437).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -heet.
  • möglikheth )

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

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Works and authors cited:

SJ
2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.
SO
Skrå-Ordningar. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1856.
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