Nalkan

Old Swedish Dictionary - nalkan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nalkan" in Swedish.

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

nalkan Old Swedish word can mean:

nalkan: 1) nästan. " ar tha nlkan sompnadher" Ansg 183. " haffde ey gudh mik hwlpit, nalkan haffde min siäl Boeth i hälffwitte för syndenna groffhet skuld" LfK 96.

nalkan: 2) till äfventyr. är han nalkan bätre än thu Bo 40. ib 117. nalkan (forte) skilids the siälinfor glädhi skuld vidh sin licamma och vpfoe mz thöm ib 249.

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

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Works and authors cited:

Ansg: Vita Sancti Anscharii per S. Rembertum. Latine et svetice. I Scriptores rerum svecicarum T. 2, sect. 1, s. 173--260.

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

Bo: Bonaventuros Betraktelser. Utg. av G. E. Klemning. 1860. SFSS.

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