Östsunnan

Old Swedish Dictionary - östsunnan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "östsunnan" (or østsunnan) in Swedish.

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

östsunnan (østsunnan)
(från) sydost. lena kalgardz tompt. .. belägna widher nidhra gatan som man gaar vpp för sandbrynken til helge kors i lööt östwnnan näst swartbrödhranan tompt SJ 261 (1457). Jfr östan sunnan.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Works and authors cited:

SJ
2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.
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