Ömkelikhet

Old Swedish Dictionary - ömkelikhet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ömkelikhet" (or ømkelikhet) in Swedish.

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

ömkelikhet (ømkelikhet): elände, ringhet, värdelöshet, uselhet. " swa som koparen smälter medh gulleno alzstingx gaar aff sinne ömkelighet (vititate) oc omwändis j dyrt oc bästa gull" Mecht 256. " at wj skole swa lenge leffue ath wij skule see swadane jnkelighet" HSH 18: 157 (1507).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.