Nidherfälla

Old Swedish Dictionary - nidherfälla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nidherfälla" (or nidherfælla) in Swedish.

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

nidherfälla Old Swedish word can mean:

nidherfälla (nidherfælla)
L:
nidherfälla (nidherfælla)
1) låta falla ned, nedfälla, fälla. demit[ere] nedher fälla STum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.">GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 148. 3) försumma. tha warth andris jngemarson af sakt iii march for ath han nidhir felte wordin ATb 2: 200 (1483). - perf. part. om edgång som vederbärande ej förmår fullgöra. samme dagh vorth lagen niderfelth for peder hennickessons huSTru STb 2: 202 (1487). Jfr nihderfälling, nidherfällogher 4. - Jfr fälla nidher.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
ATb
(el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.
GU C 20
Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.
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