Nidherköva

Old Swedish Dictionary - nidherköva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nidherköva" (or nidherkøva) in Swedish.

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

nidherköva (nidherkøva): nedsänka, nedtrycka, nedpressa. swa är thz mz thik, at giffwir thu thin skäligha sinne wndir thins köödz lusta, thik nidherköffdhom aff hogsins sömpn (somno mentis depressus), thu wnflyr ekke banden SpV 41. ib 359, 382. thy genstan thu kännir förstha sköra lusthans rörilse, tha skynda tik til grathin sokkan, gudhelika böner, ok nidherkööff thz som onth är (precibus, gemitu, lacrimisque festina restringere) ib 443.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

SpV: Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.