Osniälder

Old Swedish Dictionary - osniälder

Meaning of Old Swedish word "osniälder" (or osniælder) in Swedish.

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

osniälder (osniælder): L. Jfr V. Jansson, Acta Philologica Scandinavia 19: 37. 1) ovis, dåraktig. thenna mina osnilla talana bidhir iak thik. .. at thu tagh mädh säflikhet Hel män 179.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

Hel män: Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.