Nödhsak

Old Swedish Dictionary - nödhsak

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nödhsak" (or nødhsak) in Swedish.

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

nödhsak (nødhsak): tvingande orsak, nöd-. fall, nödvändighet. a the andra X (10) alna aff omptinne hafuer stadhin bygt ett bolwirke upa fo nödzsaka skuld la örläghx wäghna SJ 15 (1428).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SJ: 2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.