När

Old Swedish Dictionary - när

Meaning of Old Swedish word "när" (or nær) in Swedish.

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

när Old Swedish word can mean:

när (nær): 1) nära berättigad. sagde. .. lares ericson ware sig swa när at köpa jorden aff sinom broder Uppl Lagmansdomb 21 (1490).

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Uppl Lagmansdomb: Upplands Lagmansdombok 1490--1494. Utg. af K. H. Karlsson. 1907. SFSS.