Motesägdh

Old Swedish Dictionary - motesägdh

Meaning of Old Swedish word "motesägdh" (or motesægdh) in Swedish.

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

motesägdh (motesægdh)
motsägande, motsatt påstående, motsats. tu sigher at anden kan oss jnthe sighiä aff fordondom eller ok frelstom sielom, hulkars motesegdh vj fynom j scrifftena i thy at dieflänä. .. offta sighiä sannyndh menniskiom aff thöm som domde äre eller frelste LfK 262.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -segdh )

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

Works and authors cited:

LfK
Skrifter till Läsning för Klosterfolk. Utg. af F. A. Dahlgren. 1875.
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