Nidhervända

Old Swedish Dictionary - nidhervända

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nidhervända" (or nidhervænda) in Swedish.

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

nidhervända (nidhervænda)
nedstörta, synoghe sculo nidhiruandhas j helutie MP 1: 184. part pret. nedåtvänd.. lot han vphängia mz fotom hofdheno nidhiruändo ti iordhina Gr 278. ib (Cod. D) 365. fiöl jak swa som then hofwodhit hawir nidhiruänd ib 2: 134 ..

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

Gr
Legenden om Gregorius af Armenien. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1860.
MP
Svenska Medeltids-postillor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Fortsatta af R. Geete. Del. 3, 4, 5. 1893--1910. SFSS.
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