Nordhvästvädher

Old Swedish Dictionary - nordhvästvädher

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nordhvästvädher" (or nordhvæstvædher) in Swedish.

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

nordhvästvädher (nordhvæstvædher)
nodvestlig vind. wij ffyghä nordwsth weder FM 383 (1508).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
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