Öghlare

Old Swedish Dictionary - öghlare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "öghlare" (or øghlare) in Swedish.

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

öghlare (øghlare)
ögontjenare, lismare, smickare; i sht person som söker att ställa lsig in hos ngn genom att förtAla andra. " öghlara ok smikrara Spec. Virg. 274. "ib 286. öghlarins hoghir är lös j twngone ib 460. " en öghlare gör rät marghom wanda" Al 2682. " thörff han ängom öghlara skona" ib 2733. " fAlsker öghlarA mwn" ib 2671. ib 2654, 2659, 2730. the skwla. .. jngen förföra belakka äller lywgha som öghlara göra oc örna twtar Peder Månssons Skr. 121. ljach sätter ingenn thro ltil nogre öglare äller stämplare i noger matte HSH 19: 154 (1506).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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Works and authors cited:

Al
Konung Alexander. Utg. af G.E. Klemming. 1862.
HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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