Nidhersänkia

Old Swedish Dictionary - nidhersänkia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nidhersänkia" (or nidhersænkia) in Swedish.

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

nidhersänkia (nidhersænkia): nedsänka. nidhersänk thin visdom aff thins härradömis säthe Mecht 313. Jfr sänkia nidher.

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

Part of speech: vb

Additional information: v. L.

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.