Nälika

Old Swedish Dictionary - nälika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nälika" (or nælika) in Swedish.

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

nälika (nælika)
nära. " drötningen monder ther nälikä hoom swa näla gaar" Fl 1853. - opersonl. vara i trångmål ga Iv 83.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Works and authors cited:

Fl
Flores och Blanzeflor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1844.
Iv
Herr Ivan Lejonriddaren. Utg. af J. W. Liffman och G. Stephens. 1849.
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