Nävara

Old Swedish Dictionary - nävara

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nävara" (or nævara) in Swedish.

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

nävara (nævara): pat. pres. närvarande (nävärände), närvrande, tillstädesvaranxe. om person. näuarandum flero rikesins radhgiffuarum SD NS 2: 140 (1409). närvarande, förevarande. omsak. insighlin. .. loghmans. .. algvt bändictsson þesso sama nävärande breue är oppenbarleka tilhänd SD 5: 280 (1344). Jfr närvara.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.