Ödheliggia

Old Swedish Dictionary - ödheliggia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ödheliggia" (or ødheliggia) in Swedish.

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

ödheliggia (ødheliggia)
ligga öde, ligga obebygd el. obrukad. late scrifua hwart aar nytt mantal baadhe hwat och huru mykit besatt är aff goozomjn oc swa mykit ödheliggir VKR 32. Jfr liggia öþe under öþe, adj.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

VKR
Vadstena Kloster-Reglor. Utg. af C. F. Lindström. 1845.
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