Othänkelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - othänkelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "othänkelika" (or othænkelika) in Swedish.

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

othänkelika (othænkelika)
på ett sått som icke kan tänkas, obegripligt. fafängo i hulko människian ok nästan alt mankönit är othänkelica ok osighilica innan vaft Bo 141.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Works and authors cited:

Bo
Bonaventuros Betraktelser. Utg. av G. E. Klemning. 1860. SFSS.
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