Motesätia

Old Swedish Dictionary - motesätia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "motesätia" (or motesætia) in Swedish.

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

motesätia (motesætia)
sätta emot. med dat. och ack. han (ɔ: Paulus) motesatte genwärdoght genwärodgho SpV 133.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -satte) ,
  • *motesätia sik , motsäötta sig. fran them daghenom som the sik först mote satto Abbedval i Vkl 93. ib 94.

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

Works and authors cited:

Pa
S. Patriks-Sagan. Utg. af G. Stephens och J. A. Ahlstrand. 1844. Ett inom parentes tillagdt Tung betecknar den i samma band utgivna legenden om Tungulus.
SpV
Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.
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