Nästärvinge

Old Swedish Dictionary - nästärvinge

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nästärvinge" (or næstærvinge) in Swedish.

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

nästärvinge (næstærvinge)
närmaste arfwinge. hwilcke öö iagh vnner nästrffwingen till otherlössa FH 9: 8 (1508, nyare afskr.).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -arfwinge )

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

Works and authors cited:

FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
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