Örvän

Old Swedish Dictionary - örvän

Meaning of Old Swedish word "örvän" (or ørvæn) in Swedish.

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

örvän (ørvæn): saknande anledning att vänta (ngn). eth samtall oc bebwndh them i mellan, som sweriges rike kan ware betandeligit, för the ekke wethe dagh eller stwndher, naar the skelle ware konghen örwäne, effter han ekke faar skatthen BSH 5: 468 (1511). Jfr urvana.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

BSH: Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.