Nävusta

Old Swedish Dictionary - nävusta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nävusta" (or nævusta) in Swedish.

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

nävusta (nævusta): ett längdmätt, omkr. en aln, eg. det avstånd inom vilket ngt kan gripas med händerna ("nävarna"). Se T. Johannisson, Göteborgs högskolas årsskrift LVI: 3 s. 184 f.

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

Part of speech: nn

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