Nidherhöghia

Old Swedish Dictionary - nidherhöghia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nidherhöghia" (or nidherhøghia) in Swedish.

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

nidherhöghia (nidherhøghia): nedtysta, öfvervinna i ordstrid. thotte allom moghanum at criste biscopa waro nidher thögdho. oc the andre hafdhe wnnit Lg 3: 214.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Lg: Ett Forn-Svenskt Legendarium. Efter gamla handskrifter af G. Stephens. Första bandet. Andra bandet. 1847--58. -- Särskildt citeras de här aftryckta Codex Bureanus (Bu) och Codex Bildstenianus (Bil), så framt icke senare ändringar i dessa handskrifter afses.

Lg 3: Ett Forn-Svenskt Legendarium. Efter gamla handskrifter af G. Stephens. Tredje bandet. 1874.